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

To: Dave B who wrote (18976)	4/22/1999 12:42:00 PM
From: jopawa	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 93625

I wonder if some things were said that were taken as a negative for RMBS, down fairly hard from it's highs today, especially as the Naz is rocking. John .12:32 [INTC] INTEL SHARES UP 2 9/16, OR 4.4%, TO 61 AS COMPANY MEETS ANALYSTS. 12:28 [INTC] INTEL'S BARRETT SAYS CO. TO BUILD OUT 'SERVER FARMS' TO HOST NET CONTENT. 12:27 [INTC] INTEL SEES MERCED SILICON PRODUCTION BY MID-YEAR 2000. 12:27 [INTC] INTEL SEES MERCED SILICON SAMPLES BY MID-YEAR 1999. 12:27 [INTC] INTEL'S BARRETT SAYS NETWORKING UNIT GROWTH DOESN'T INCLUDE LEVEL ONE. 12:27 [INTC] INTEL'S BARRETT SAYS CO. SEES 50% SALES GROWTH FOR NETWORKING UNIT IN '99.

To: Dave B who wrote (18976)	4/22/1999 2:07:00 PM
From: TigerPaw	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 93625

simpler terms ... I will try, The way that regular SDRAM works is that the processor presents a voltage level on the address lines to the SDRAM. This causes electrons to move down the wires where they build up in the appropriate transistors in the SDRAM. This causes the transistor gates to allow more current to flow through them (opens the switch). Now the SDRAM accesses the stored bits (stored as charges on a capacitor). This signal is boosted by transistors so that the SDRAM can push electrons into the data lines, enough electrons to turn on the transistors in the processor where it "reads" the data. Before the next data event, all these electrons have to be dumped out of the wires to the ground. Rambus uses SDRAM (or some equivalent) to store the data. Where it differs is in the way that it transfers the data to the processor. The transistors on the combined address and data lines are always charged up. Instead of pushing electrons down the wires, Rambus is basicly transmitting a radio signal through the wires. The signal is modulated with an address and once that zooms by the detectors near the RAM, the RIMM module begins to modulate the radio wave with the data signal. This is much faster because the wires are not charged up with electrons with each transaction only to have those electrons dumped into ground at the end. Just a continous radio wave. TP