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To: richard surckla who wrote (21450)	6/2/1999 10:25:00 AM
From: richard surckla	Respond to of 93625

From InfoHQ.com infohq.com June 2 - Rambus and PC133 DRAM battle heats up. AMD and IBM are now saying they will use the new PC133 memory instead of exclusively using Intel supported Rambus D-RDRAM. Per CNet, a spokesperson for AMD claims that PC100 memory will initially be used in K-7 computers due out this June. Then PC133 memory, which provides as much as 25% more peak bandwidth than PC 100 memory (1,033 Mbps vs. 800 Mbps), will be used in later K-7 releases. Not until sometime next year will K-7 systems use Rambus DRAM which provides double the bandwidth (1,600 Mbps) of PC100 DRAM. In a related CNet story, IBM says it will now use PC133 DRAM, instead of Rambus DRAM, in its low-end computers that will be produced in the second half of the year. This news made Rambus stock plunge 13% yesterday and Intel's stock followed with a 6% drop. Please see our article, 1999 Hardware Predictions for more information of PC133 and Rambus D-RDRAM.