| | My-ESM - Rambus' hopes dealt another major blow by Intel |
 | | Until Intel's acknowledgement last week that it is both developing a PC133 SDRAM chipset and probing the issue of tying its next-generation processor to double-data-rate (DDR) SDRAM, Rambus proponents had expected the Pentium 4 to propel sales of Direct RDRAM. |
 | | But Intel has maintained its commitment to Rambus memory, and, according to sources, still plans to use the interface exclusively in the first high-end version of the Pentium 4 to be released in the fourth quarter. |
 | | Intel's language endorsing Direct Rambus for high-performance PCs has been carefully crafted, said Bob Merritt, an analyst at Semico Research Corp. in Redwood City, Calif. "That would appear to leave the door open for the far larger mainstream PC market," he said. |
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