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To: margin_man who wrote (17586)3/16/1999 12:44:00 AM
From: puborectalis  Respond to of 90042
 
Rambus getting ready to RUMBLE.............

Daily news for semiconductor industry managers

NEC to sample 128-Mbit Direct
RDRAM in April

A service of Semiconductor Business News, CMP Media Inc.
Story posted 6:15 p.m. EST/3:15 p.m. PST, 3/15/99

SANTA CLARA, Calif. (ChipWire/EBN)-- NEC Electronics Inc.
today said it will being shipping samples of a new 800-MHz
128-Mbit Direct Rambus DRAM in April.

Targeted for manufacturers of high-end workstation and desktop
systems, the 800-MHz Rambus technology offers 1.6
Gbytes/second of peak bandwidth from a single device, said
Toshiba.

The company reports that the devices are slated to be priced at $85
per unit, with volume production beginning in July 1999.

NEC will also be offering a 128-Mb RDRAM in a 184-pin Rambus
in-line memory module (RIMM), in the same timeframe.