Memory Price Guide Intel Still Believes in Rambus Upcoming Pentium 4 processors will feature the high-speed memory technology, Barrett says. Despite what you may have heard, Intel still believes in Rambus , according to the company's president and chief executive officer. Intel recently decided to kill Timna before its planned launch, which following several delays had been scheduled for next year's second half.
Chip sets are key circuitry that allow a processor to communicate with the rest of the system.
In related news, Barrett said that Intel has already licensed other companies to make chip sets for Pentium 4 systems, but declined to name any of the licensees. Taiwan's Via Technologies, one of Intel's fiercest competitors in the chip set business, is not one of the licensees. But we have no license as of yet.