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Rambus Designing PC Chip Interconnect

Posted by timothy on from the dog-in-the-fight dept.

MarkRH writes "Although the issue of Sony licensing the Rambus Yellowstone technology for future (PlayStation) products has already been covered, I would humbly submit that the company's new "Redwood" chip-to-chip interconnect is equally important. Rambus seems to want PC designers to adopt this as an alternative to PCI Express and HyperTransport, although who would license this is a puzzling question."

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  1. Are they relevant anymore? by FattMattP · · Score: 3, Insightful

    None one should be buying anything from Rambus anymore after the stunt they pulled with their memory patent. Let 'em sink.

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  2. Replacing PCI by TheCrimsonUnbeliever · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Who needs to replace PCI? - It has some limitations but on the whole it works

    And with PCI64 emerging - This technology looks like it is never going to get of the ground

    Some times innovation works - sometimes - No