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To: Skeeter Bug who wrote (39807)	12/17/1998 8:15:00 PM
From: Timothy Liu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 132070

> systems on a chip That's the low-end market, at least for now. Tim

To: Skeeter Bug who wrote (39807)	12/28/1998 5:50:00 AM
From: eabDad	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 132070

Skeeter: With reference to RDRAM, you said <<if rdram is so great then why did intel effectively bribe (i don't mean this in a legal sense, just making a point) mu to produce it to the tune of $500 million?>> It is critical to Intel's plans for Merced - they want to secure supply - period. <<systems on a chip totally eliminate the need for rdram so be careful.>> Not sure I understand your point here. "System on a chip" is also, IMO, an overblown story. RDRAM is the bulk memory in a PC, and the probable sucessor to SDRAM today (DDR and SLDRAM are also competing). Are you suggesting that commodity DRAM will be placed in the MPU and chipset? That's a stretch for me. Z