I agree, RDRAM is not intrinsicly a bad product, its had a goodband width, its used to great effect in the PS2, but I would argue that compared to SDRAM (SDR and DDR) which are bith much more mature products by virtue that the amount of expertise that has gone into developing the SDRAM standard is infinitly greater than a comparatively small intellectual property oufit. So my point is that RDRAM has its flaws and that Rambus should flow its profits to making their technology more competitive rather than leaning the pockets of its legal department.
I should just close with saying that if they cranck up that bandwidth and maybe cut down the latency penalty a tad, and see if they can widith their manufacturing partners, refine the manufacturing process, they should have a a more competitive product.
Must go faster, must go faster,
Heck, processors fried...