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To: jopawa who wrote (6875)	9/2/1998 12:28:00 PM
From: REH	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 93625

txs John - here's the whole article for the rest of the thread: Tanisys Announces Agreement to Provide Direct Rambus Memory AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Tanisys Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq: TNSU - news) a leading supplier of build-to-order custom products for PC manufacturers, announced today that it has signed an agreement with Rambus Inc. (Nasdaq: RMBS - news) to design, manufacture and sell Direct Rambus(TM) RIMM(TM) memory modules using Direct Rambus DRAMs. Tanisys management believes that this agreement positions Tanisys to become a leading provider of memory products utilizing Rambus Direct RDRAM devices, which are broadly perceived as a standard of the future. Direct Rambus technology delivers 1.6 gigabytes per second of peak bandwidth from a single device, the DRAM industry's highest level of performance to date. ''Intel and Dell already have publicly supported the Rambus architecture for future product plans,'' said Chuck Comiso, Tanisys CEO and President. ''We believe this indicates that the market is likely to standardize on Rambus memory in the future. This Agreement helps set the stage for Tanisys to become a leader in the manufacture of Direct Rambus memory modules. It also will enable our semiconductor partners who are Rambus licensees to benefit from our expertise.'' ''Tanisys Technology's strength in module design, manufacturing and particularly testing is a welcome addition to our list of partners and will help make Rambus technology the standard, mainstream memory,'' said Allen Roberts, Vice President and General Manager of the Memory Technology Division at Rambus Inc. ''The addition of Rambus to our module lineup comes as computer makers are urgently seeking a solution to the performance roadblocks from current memory architectures,'' said Dr. Joe Klein, Vice President of Engineering for Tanisys. ''Rambus technology overcomes those limitations, and for that reason we expect widespread Direct Rambus use in PC desktops beginning in 1999, with use in notebooks and servers thereafter.'' ''Tanisys is on track to develop its engineering and manufacturing capabilities to support Direct Rambus as we expect this technology to be a considerable share of the memory module market by 2001,'' said Mario Morales, Director of Semiconductor Research at IDC. Tanisys plans to begin sampling modules in multiple sizes later this year, with volume production ready for 1999. The modules will be manufactured with new equipment optimized for Rambus in Tanisys' facilities in Austin, Texas and Glasgow, Scotland. Tanisys Technology, Inc. is a leading provider of customer-driven, quality computer products, as well as technical and logistical services to the electronics industry. Its outsourcing services include production order management and fulfillment. Tanisys products include the market-leading DarkHorse memory testers (SIGMA3, SIGMA2, SYNCLC and SIGMALC), memory modules and Tanisys Touch patented touch technology. For more information, visit Tanisys Technology's website at tanisys.com. Rambus Inc., based in Mountain View, California, develops and markets high-speed, chip-to-chip interface technology that enables semiconductor memory devices to keep pace with faster generations of processors and controllers. Direct Rambus technology will enable the DRAM industry's highest level of performance to date -- 1.6 gigabytes per second of peak bandwidth from a single device -- and will span multiple generations of DRAM devices (through 1-gigabit densities). Currently, 14 DRAM manufacturers (which supply more than 95% of the world's DRAM market) are committed to deliver Direct RDRAM devices and 28 companies are developing Direct Rambus logic chips.