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To: MileHigh who wrote (8805)	10/20/1998 4:41:00 AM
From: REH	Respond to of 93625

National Licenses Direct Rambus DRAM Memory Interface Oct. 19, 1998 (Electronic Buyers News - CMP via COMTEX) -- National Semiconductor Corp. is joining the swelling ranks of microprocessor makers that have licensed Rambus Inc.'s Direct Rambus DRAM interface. While a deal has not yet been signed, National has confirmed that the upcoming M3 processor from its Cyrix Corp. subsidiary will support Direct RDRAM. In addition to National, microprocessor makers Intel Corp. and Advanced Micro Devices Inc. have licensed the Rambus interface. But while AMD has adopted Direct RDRAM for next year's K7 processor line, it has chosen not to integrate the memory controller on-chip, as Cyrix intends to do. reh

To: MileHigh who wrote (8805)	10/20/1998 4:45:00 AM
From: REH	Respond to of 93625

TEXAS INSTRUMENTS: New TI single-chip switching devices bring performance and cost advantages All TI ThunderSWITCH products offer the guaranteed interoperability of a common architecture and similar feature sets, which simplify development of equipment that addresses a broad range of Ethernet networking need;. Both of the new devices in this family offer high-speed, non-blocking performance and features similar to the TNETX4090GGP device for 10/100/1000-Mbps switching, announced by TI in June 1998. These features include support for the latest Ethernet standards, multiple Media Access Control (MAC) addresses and virtual LANs (VLANs), half- and full-duplex flow control, an integrated management port, and a direct input/output interface with direct memory access capabilities. In addition,' the ThunderSWITCH II family of devices utilizes RAMBUS memory which allows for superior performance while still providing a low system cost. link: quoteserver.dogpile.com reh