To: Bilow who wrote (2478 ) 4/21/1999 1:53:00 AM From: Bilow Read Replies (2) | Respond to
Hi all; Big RAMBUS announcement and article. Plus cheaper computers...PC price erosion spurs graphics-on-logic ICs Specifically, S3 and Via plan to collaborate on integrated products that will combine the graphics controller, frame buffer and north-bridge functions on one chip. The expected product line will support microprocessors from both Intel Corp. and Advanced Micro Devices Inc., and the first chips could be available by the second half. techweb.com HP, SGI crank up CPU, graphics, take down price -- Workstations do more for less The newest Unix and NT workstations from Silicon Graphics Inc. and Hewlett Packard Co. strive to give customers in scientific, engineering and digital-content-creation markets top-of-the-line performance and graphics at bottom-of-the-line pricing. techweb.com Rambus slows as DDR gains in DRAM race Intel Corp. continued last week to back off on its speed claims for Direct Rambus, leaving systems OEMs skeptical about the value of the proprietary technology. At the same time, the relatively quiet multivendor Double Data Rate (DDR) DRAM effort showed new signs of aggressiveness, boasting 133-MHz DDR parts and dropping hints of higher speeds. Overall, the message for the personal computer main-memory market seemed to be that DDR DRAMs will soon approach the peak throughput, and in fact beat the latency of the Rambus devices. techweb.com
