Brookdale Chipset's DDR Version To Debut Early

The DDR version of Intel's Brookdale chipset for Pentium 4 may be introduced earlier than the first quarter of 2002, its previously announced launch date, Paul Otellini, executive vice president at Intel, told analysts last week. The DDR chipset will "follow the introduction of the SDRAM Brookdale by one or two months," depending on how fast Intel can validate the DDR version, he said, adding that the SDRAM version is still on track for a third-quarter debut. Otellini confirmed that Brookdale has the capability of both single- and double-data-rate core logic on the same silicon, as the industry has long speculated.

I still expect RDRAM to outperform DDR on similar Pentium 4 systems.

-Raystonn

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probobly because of all the whining from you people about rdram. everybody knows the p4 with rdram will whoop the p4 with ddr or sdr unless some amazingly higher clocked ddr comes out. the brookdale chipset is just going to be for cheeper systems, its going to perform like [-peep-].

> (It provides 2.4GB/ps)

2.4GB in a picosecond? Just think of the possiblities...you could download the internet!