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The a version of the Pentium 4 was slower than the Pentium IIi per clock (launch model) and used goofy rambus memory


Their prediction about rambus hasn't aged well, but the technical advantages vs. SDRAM of the time are still interesting:

https://www.hardwarecentral.com/sdram-vs-rdram-facts-and-fan...

Surprisingly enough the N64 used RDRAM (and supported a memory upgrade, lowering the cost of the console at launch but enabling an upgrade path for games that needed more memory.)




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