----- Original Message ----- From: "Warren Togami" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, July 28, 2002 11:34 AM Subject: Re: [luau] processor opinion
> > With SMP machines there are currently only two options: Athlon MP vs Xeon > While it is true that you will have slightly more performance with the > fastest Xeon's, you pay far more. The price/performance ratio of dual > Athlon MP is a much greater value. > I forgot to mention that in buying Xeon, you also buy RDRAM which is more expensive than DDR SDRAM. Also in buying RDRAM, the manufacturer pays royalties for to Rambus, a company that has used deceptive business practices in participating in the JEDEC standards meeting, but later claiming that they own the patents on the SDRAM technology that became an industry standard from that group. They sued and successfully extracted royalties on SDRAM from some companies like Toshiba IIRC. They were counter-sued by some companies like Infineon and Micron (Crucial), and are facing anti-trust investigation. In buying SDRAM, you reject deceptive business practices and support fair market competition while paying less for your memory. Win-win situation to me.
