Tuesday, October 31, 2000
Intel to drop RMBS DRAM, EBN
--9:03 am - By Tomi Kilgore
Intel (INTC: news, msgs) intends to drop Rambus (RMBS: news, msgs) DRAM
products from its computing platforms, with the exception of high-end
workstations, by mid-2001, according to Electronic Buyers' News. According to
a confidential document obtained by the publication, Intel will phase out the
Rambus RDDRAM-enabled 820 chipset in next year's first quarter, and the 850
chipset, which has yet to be introduced, will be dropped in the third quarter. Intel
was not immediately available for comment. Rambus is slumping $8.94, or 17
percent, to $44.50 in pre-market trading. Intel is tacking on 38 cents to $45.38