At its developer forum, the chip giant says it will stick with its strategy of pairing Rambus DRAM with the Pentium 4 processor--higher costs notwithstanding. Intel will continue its love affair with Rambus memory, indefinitely. In a panel discussion Tuesday at the Intel Developer Forum in San Jose, Calif., the chip giant announced that it plans to stick with its stated strategy for pairing Rambus DRAM, or RDRAM, with its high-end products such as Pentium 4. Although Intel plans to keep the often-criticized RDRAM technology at the top of its product lineup for PCs, it will look to a pair of memory alternatives to help reduce the price of Pentium 4-based PCs and reach its goal of driving that chip into the mainstream PC market.
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