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Technology Stocks : Rambus (RMBS) - Eagle or Penguin -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Boplicity who wrote (3249)	3/8/1998 4:33:00 PM
From: Rachel M. Kuecks	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 93625

Rambus claims to have redressed (solved) the capacity issues. Now we need some high end server makers to sign up. "However, given the particular strengths of each architecture, neither DDR nor Rambus appears headed for a clean sweep, according to Brett Etter, Hitachi's DRAM product marketing manager. Etter said Rambus' 32-device-per-channel limitation will restrict systems using 64-Mbit-generation chips to a maximum capacity of 256 Mbytes, which is too small to service high-end PCs, workstations, and servers. "We'll make Rambus and DDR parts, but there is going to be segmentation," Etter said. "DDR is going to be a better fit in higher-end computers, while Rambus will fit into midrange and low-end computers where a mainstream solution is dependent on component count." RDRAM architect Rambus Inc., Mountain View, Calif., said it has failed to generate interest among high-end server makers, but claims to have redressed its capacity issues. "