THE RD RAM

Rambus Dynamic Random Access Memory
(RDRAM) is a memory subsystem that promises to transfer up to 1.6 billion bytes per second.

The subsystem consists of the
random access memory, the RAM
controller, and the bus (path) connecting RAM to the microprocessor and devices in
the computer that use it.

Direct Rambus
(DRDRAM), a technology developed and licensed by the Rambus Corporation, will be used with microprocessors beginning in
1999. High-speed RAM is expected to accelerate the growth of visually intensive interfaces such as 3-D , interactive games,
and streaming multimedia.

Rambus is intended to replace the current main memory technology of dynamic random access memory ( DRAM ).

Much faster data transfer rates from attached devices such
as videocams using FireWire and the Accelerated Graphics Port ( AGP ) make it important to reduce the bottleneck in getting data into the computer, staging it in
RAM, and moving it throught the
microprocessor and to the display or other
output devices.