Intel is pushing Brookdale with their partners, likely due to fears that the Pentium 4's current reliance on RDRAM will limit its success. In the end, the Pentium 4 will support all memory types. For quite a while though, RDRAM will be the only choice.
Beyond Brookdale and the i850 chipset, we do not know what form of memory Intel will use for their high-end Pentium 4 chipset. Dual RDRAM channels will provide more bandwidth than DDR for quite a while, but if DDR speed moves up fast enough, we could see RDRAM all but disappear from the consumer computer main-memory market after the i850 chipset, all in spite of RDRAM's awesome potential.
An early shot of the P4
Well folks, that's all we have to say for now. As we get more information, we'll be sure to update you. As soon as we can get our hands on a Pentium 4 rig to test, you can bet we'll post a review.
Jon Simon
Assistant Editor