Rambus hits out at Intel PC "guidance"

Steve Tobak, senior vice president of worldwide marketing at Rambus, speaking to Nikkei Electronics, said that Intel told his firm that "all PCs would be equipped with Direct Rambus-specific DRAM".

But, he added, market forces had changed the picture and Rambus had "reset its expectations".

Nevertheless, although Rambus had bitten the bullet on those expectations, Tobak also said that DDR capable of running at 666MHz dual speeds were based on Direct Rambus specs, a contention that still needs to be settled in courts.

He also commented on the recent decision of the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to pursue an antitrust suit.

He claimed the arguments raised by the FTC were similar to their actions against Hynix, Infineon and Micron - three Dramurai with which Rambus is currently involved in litigation.

He claimed Rambus' "Yellowstone" and Raser technology would be essential elements of a different sort of company which will be less dependant on memory-related technologies.

You can find the interview here. µ