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To: AreWeThereYet who wrote (666)	11/23/1998 12:35:00 PM
From: Dave Hanson	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1225

Thanks aC. Consistent with what I heard. I vaguely recall thinking based on what I'd read that while Rambus would clearly allow more throughput, SLDRAM would be "good enough" for most apps given current bottlenecks. Be interesting to see how the respective costs line up. INTC's backing is a huge plus, and my understanding is that once volume ramps up, Rambus manufacturing cost deltas should be quite small. Given the growing % of the chipset market that INTC controls, it may hard for SLDRAM to get much footing. As you suggest, perhaps more knowledgable folks than us can comment.

To: AreWeThereYet who wrote (666)	11/23/1998 4:52:00 PM
From: MileHigh	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1225

Andy, RE latency and your claim that SLDRAM has less of a latency problem......This is what I found in an article- snipped but unadulterated. So do you still think the latency is better in SLDRAM? MileHigh ----------------------------- Even though RDRAM has bigger bandwidth than SDRAM, it still suffers from a key problem common to all DRAM designs: latency......<snip>..... On top of that, is the wait imposed by the system--such as Direct RDRAM--that transfers that information. Early Direct RDRAM technology had high latency, but the modern design is about 10 billionths of a second faster than any other technology, shipping or planned, Toprani said.