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To: unclewest who wrote (15627)	2/16/1999 7:01:00 AM
From: Gary Wisdom	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 93625

Interesting tidbit on Samsung and DDRAM. Looks like they're trying to corner the market for people with computers that simply want to upgrade their existing computers. Again, that article shows how slow DDRAM is, especially compared to RDRAM. I sincerely doubt that any computer over $1000 will ever include these slower chips once RDRAM is commercially available. Especially since all the major manufacturers have come out in support of RDRAM. Interesting also how these chips won't be available until the 2nd half of 1999 and that they say that they have a timing edge over Rambus. Hmmmm. Are they using the Chinese calendar?

To: unclewest who wrote (15627)	2/16/1999 9:05:00 AM
From: Ian Anderson	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 93625

A small contribution to the Rambus/DDR debate. It is absolutely clear that systems will ship with Rambus before they ship with DDR. I have personally worked on a prototype PC motherboard which was using Rambus. I have never seen so much as a drawing showing a design with DDR in it. PC manufacturers still have quite long design cycles when you take into account the time marketing takes defining the requirements. Rambus systems are advanced to the stage where they have shipping dates defined. I don't belive DDR systems have come out of marketing yet, I think DDR is only an insurance policy at this stage. Ian