Poll: Is Rambus Ram dead??

[PhlashFoto]

Like everyone says, Rambus is done in the PC world. But im sure there are some sepcialized application use for it. They were greedy and overpriced, so they shouldn't be surprised they did not last in the PC systems.

 

[JH68]

I do agree that rambus is really expensive. i have a gig of PC1066 Rdram and only reason why i got it was b/c I got a really good deal. Is good ram? It seems to really good with everything

 

[Eug]

Originally posted by: Acanthus
Rambus could make an enormous comeback if a chipset were released for the P4 again.

That's a pretty big if, and Intel has already gone on record saying that it was a mistake to partner with Rambus the way they did.

Bottom line: Rambus is suck... errr... dead.

 

[jose]

Dead and resting next to Divx......

There are 3 spots empty..(SCO, MPAA, RIAA)

Regards,
Jose

 

[Ardan]

I said Yes, because RDRAM is dead on the x86 platform and has been for a while. Some of you aren't getting his poll correct...he said Rambus RAM on the x86 platform, not the company. Rambus itself is still alive and kicking, developing new exciting memory technologies. I also deplore the incident with their lawsuit, and I never used their RAM (never had a Pentium after our Pentium 233) but you can't deny how innovative it was. The person that said that Rambus DRAM on the i850E is comparable to the i875P is correct on that one. I never really considered DDR as revolutionary/new as RDRAM but I will use it regardless. I don't think it is right to bash them because they did nothing wrong (in comparison to SCO and Microsoft) and their products have always been impressive. Besides, I really want competition in the memory arena because everyone would win if a competing technology was introduced.

 

[TGHI]

RDRAM = Too expensive. DDR is catching up quickly. So, no - RDRAM is dead.

 

[Zinn2b]

Rdram at the moment is treading water at the moment but they are releaseing 1200FSB soon and along with it is coming a new Chipset from SIS its SIS659 that well support 1200FSb and this is going to be a great thing for Rdram so the ans.is Rdram is going to make a great come back because of the timing problems with DDR at above 800FSB ps it well also run your Rdram at 800FSB

 

[Dustswirl]

hopefully it wont's cost an arm and a leg...

 

[Cerb]

It's in a coma. if they can get it fast enough, and graphics cards manufacturers use it, especially if it uses the RSLs, it will make a massive comeback, as DDR is pushing its limit and DDR-II is just to increase clock speed over DDR...and with the i850E machines needing only marginal overclocks to compete with the i875 (I think it was OCing the RAM to 150MHz that got it on even footing...not bad at all for being 2 years behind), I hope something comes of it.

 

[ShaqDiesel]

No question RDRAM is/was great stuff, but it's just way too expensive. You can get twice as much DDR for the price of a stick of RDRAM.

 

[Cerb]

Originally posted by: ShaqDiesel
No question RDRAM is/was great stuff, but it's just way too expensive. You can get twice as much DDR for the price of a stick of RDRAM.

Yeah, possible price fixing, bad press and a never-growing market does that .
That's why I use GPUs for an example...on a $500 retail piece of hardware, it's not as much, and surely cuts down on PCB complexity and cost, and would allow for production to increase at a steady rate.

 

[caz67]

I just read and article saying that SIS, are going to bring out a chipset that supports RDRAM.

The SIS 659R will be out in Q4 and will support PC1333. They will then offer support to PC1600, buy Q1 next year.

The article claimed that RDRAM, will be main stream again by 2006??

Very interesting!!

Asus are looking at bringing out a new board, that supports the new chipset.

 

[Dustswirl]

Believe me if there's $ to make in there, companies will invent and research and do whatever it takes to get big bucks

Hopefully we, the consumers, will benefit from that