This is certainly bad news for Rambus, as they are now 0-2 in convincing judges that they should be collecting royalties. Read more in our full news item . I don't think they will go away anytime soon, but they just won't rule the roost with Intel as they had hoped. Tough flash memory market - Instead of just raking in huge profits from flash memory, manufacturers will now have to compete on a technology basis. Of course, flash is more difficult to produce, but there will soon be a time when flash memory will be much cheaper.
Competition is a good thing.
Actually, Intel already had the 2GHz P4 scheduled for Q3 earlier this year and then moved it forward to Q4. They seem to be flip-flopping on their release schedule. It will be produced on Intel's .18 micron process just like current Pentium 4 chips. RealWorldTech has posted their Industry Update for May . The Register has confirmed that Intel will launch the Itanium processor on Tuesday , May 29.