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To: kash johal who wrote (82144)	5/30/1999 5:26:00 PM
From: Scumbria	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

Kash, Obviously it would be a disaster for Rambus if this blows up, but other than it bruising the egoes at folks at Intel it may not be a big deal at all. Maybe you should wait until K7 shows up to make this judgement? Scumbria

To: kash johal who wrote (82144)	5/30/1999 8:20:00 PM
From: Elmer	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

Re: "Having 800Mhz signal wandering all over the board creates major problems in design/manufacturing and quality." They're not wondering all over the board, it's only 800MHz from the RIMMs to the Memory Controller. That could be a very short distance. EP

To: kash johal who wrote (82144)	5/30/1999 8:34:00 PM
From: Paul Engel	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 186894

Kash - Re: "Having 800Mhz signal wandering all over the board creates major problems in design/manufacturing and quality. I am sure the problems will be solved but it may well take 3-6 months." As I stated, I believe all these problems have already been solved by Intel. By solved, I mean complete SOLUTIONS - Chip set, Motherboard layout, etc. The issue now is one of performance. As for your suggestion, mounting the RAMBUS chips on a SLOT card won't work because the RDRAM CONTROLLER is in the CHip Set ! However, my intuition is telling me that Intel will be moving the DRDRAM controller on to the CPU in the very near future - as indicated in the upcoming Timna. Then, your suggestion will work. This will achieve the reduced latency and deliver the performance "promised" by the DRDRAM approach. Paul