The Register heeft weer een sappig verhaaltje voor het slapen gaan. In een interview in de Finacial Times levert de CEO van Intel, Craig Barrett, een flinke lading ongezouten kritiek op Rambus. In het interview zegt Barrett onder andere dat het dom was om te vetrouwen op de technologie van één bedrijf wat de performance van hun producten maakt of breekt. Verder levert hij kritiek op de oorlog van Rambus tegen de chipbakkers om zo geld binnen te halen. Ondanks deze stevige kritiek zal de Intel Rambus relatie voorlopig nog wel voortduren aangezien Intel verplicht is om te komen met ondersteuning voor deze geheugenstandaard bij de Pentium 4:
Intel CEO Craig Barrett says that his company made a mistake getting into bed with Rambus.
In an interview published in The Financial Times, Barrett admitted: "We made a big bet on Rambus and it did not work out." He said that it had been a mistake to rely on another company for technology that "gates your performance".
In the interview he also slams Rambus's policy of suing its competitors. "We hoped we were partners with a company that would concentrate on technology rather than seeking to collect a toll from other companies."
However unhappy Intel may be with the situation it finds itself in, it is not one it can back out of easily. Chipzilla is contractually obliged to support Rambus with the P4 processor, due on the market (some would say over due) next month.
Je kan het volledige verhaal hier vinden in de Finacial Times.


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