EETimes.com to IBM - XDR (found in Cell) is for niche markets

EETimes.com “reports”:

In 2003, Rambus rolled out XDR, formerly known as Yellowstone. XDR, which stands for extreme data rate, will be initially targeted for consumer electronics and graphics applications. Rambus hopes to also position the technology for PC main memory, competing with industry-standard double-data-rate architectures.

Many observers doubt that the technology will succeed for main PC memory, but there appears to be some niche markets for XDR. And Elpida and Toshiba are racing each other to the market.

Maybe somebody should contact IBM and tell them what EETimes.com has learned?

Any Donkey and “many other observers” doubt that XDR will languish.

Read the article by Mark LaPedus found in EETime.com here.

Hat tip to Joe of the Pinehurst Thread for the link.