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To: Elmer who wrote (54547)	4/26/1998 8:46:00 PM
From: Paul Engel	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 186894

Elmer - Re: Double pumped Memory/bBus cycles. Several DRAM manufacturers are working on DDR - Double Data Rate DRAMs. Check out the following: {==========================} Memory makers seek more speed By Stephanie Miles Staff Writer, CNET NEWS.COM March 3, 1998, 6 p.m. PT URL: news.com Eight semiconductor manufacturers have agreed to a new high-speed standard for DRAM (dynamic random access memory) chips, the most widely used memory chips for personal computers. Samsung, NEC, Hyundai, Texas Instruments, Toshiba, Mitsubishi, Hitachi, and Fujitsu all agreed to the new standard, dubbed Double Data Rate (DDR), that essentially doubles the data transfer rate from a DRAM chip to the main processor. DRAMs made to the new DDR standard will be considered an interim step in Intel's eventual plans to incorporate Rambus' high-speed memory. Both technologies promises to improve overall system performance by speeding up the rate data travels from memory to the processor, a critical data path in all personal computers and a performance bottleneck which has plagued PCs since their inception. {=======================} If the 450NX supports the "standard" proposed by these DRAM manufacturers, then a suitable technology and supply of appropriate memory may be available. Let's face it - Intel wouldn't be stupid enough to design in a memory technology that was not going to be supported by DRAM memory manufacturers - who themselves are looking for a technology/pricing boost to get them out of their financially strapped standard DRAM business. Paul