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To: Thomas G. Busillo who wrote (43659)	3/11/1999 10:46:00 AM
From: DJBEINO	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 53903

PC133 SDRAMs will debut in June, industry meeting is told A service of Semiconductor Business News, CMP Media Inc. Story posted 9:30 a.m. EST/6:30 a.m., PST, 3/11/99 SAN JOSE-- A jammed industry meeting on PC133 SDRAMs this week in San Jose was told that PC desktop and servers with the new memory chip will be introduced in June. Reliance Computer Corp., a San Jose-based chip-set maker, sponsored the PC133 session, which drew 150 representatives from PC companies, memory vendors, chip-set makers, and microprocessor producers. Originally slated to take place at Reliance's headquarters, the meeting was moved to a nearby hotel to accommodate the overflow crowd. The June launch of single-data-rate PC133 SDRAMs and interfacing chip sets sets up a head-to-head confrontation with high-speed Direct Rambus DRAMs, whose debut has slipped to the end of the third quarter. The PC133 offers a faster interim memory chip, threatening to further push back the market ramp for Direct RDRAM, which is also expected to debut with at a higher price. The single-data-rate PC133 can also be upgraded easily to an even faster double-data-rate version, expected to come on the market about the same time as Direct RDRAM. David Pulling, vice president of marketing for Reliance Computer, said operating data of PC133 SDRAMs disclosed at the meeting "proved conclusively that it is ready to move into the mainstream of the PC market. We also found that all the technical interfaces for integrating PC133 into a computer system have been worked out. The introduction should be a smooth transition from the current PC100 SDRAM."