De mannen van GamePC hebben een blik genomen op de tweede generatie Rambus geheugen, RIMM4200 genaamd. RIMM4200 is op twee punten verbeterd ten opzichte van PC800 waardoor het de beschikking krijgt over maar liefst 4,2GB/sec. Rambus' RIMM4200 beschikt over een 32-bit breed datapad waardoor de bandbreedte maar liefst verdubbeld wordt. Verder is de frequentie omhoog geschroefd van 800 naar 1066MHz. Hier staat tegenover dat er voorlopig geen dual-channel RIMM4200 chipsets zullen verschijnen waardoor het verschil met dual-channel PC800 niet groot zal zijn. De conclusie van GamePC:
Our short run-in with RIMM4200 technology has us eagerly waiting to see it released onto the market. The absolutely insane amount of bandwidth they can pull from one memory module will simply give the Pentium 4 more power to thrive off of in the future. Pricing and exact dates have yet to be determined for RIMM4200 modules and surrounding components (C-RIMMS, motherboards, etc), but we're hoping for low-prices, released quickly. No doubt RIMM4200 modules will command a price premium over PC-800 parts, let's just hope that it won't be off the wall.
Hopefully within a short while, we'll have a fully functional RIMM4200 system in the labs for testing. We've been told that RIMM4200 will not provide any major performance increases over current dual channel RDRAM PC-1066 technology, due to the same clock speeds and channel widths. Still, it will be interesting to see how far along RIMM4200 technology is, and if it's ready for mainstream just yet. With all the chaos that surrounds Rambus, it appears they're executing right on track with their roadmaps and delivering 32-bit RDRAM in 2002.
Met dank aan RawPeanut voor de tip.