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Technology Stocks : Rambus (RMBS) - Eagle or Penguin -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Dave B who wrote (17753)	3/24/1999 8:49:00 PM
From: Guy Peter Cordaro	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 93625

I got this post from YAHOO and am wandering if anyone can explain what this guy is talking about. Is his opinion correct about rambus being a flop? RMBS down by: gariac450 9396 of 9406 There has been absolutely no news since the 19th, so I did did my Intel web search again. I found two highly technical posts only and ee could love. developer.intel.com developer.intel.com RMBS headed down with rest of market short term ================================================================ These pdfs show one of the basic problems with rambus, the limited signal swing which reduces the noise margin. The lower impedance will require the lines to use two ground planes, versus one, which really isn't a big deal, or as big a deal as the noise problems. Note that two ground planes really won't make the MB more expensive or bigger if there is a reduction in overall board area due to the serial vs parallel interface. All things considered, for a technological standpoint rambus is going to be a flop. Intel hasn't even begun to talk about BER (Bit error rate). Rambus based systems will most likely not be as rugged due to the lower noise margin, clock jitter problems, etc. As for rambus being down with the rest of the market, here is what I tracked today, with names removed as to not plug stocks. Mar. 24, 1999 12:08 ET Market Open Last Sale Net Change %Change Share Volume xxxx Nasdaq-NM $48.75 1.8125 3.86% 613,200 yyyy Nasdaq-NM $49 1.875 3.98% 620,500 RMBS Nasdaq-NM $62.875 2.25 3.45% 850,900 xxxx and yyyy up, and RMBS down Hint: xxxx and yyyy are analog semis