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Interesting point. I know that with the Nintendo 64, the use of RDRAM was similar (lower overall chip count, which also helped with board cost in that case)
by csharptwdec19 6y ago
Interesting point. I know that with the Nintendo 64, the use of RDRAM was similar (lower overall chip count, which also helped with board cost in that case)
- Gibbon1 6y agoI think also a narrower data bus which might allow a smaller PCB with fewer layers. Used to be higher layer count PCB's $$$$. Friend worked on a layout where they did the board design first and then designed the processor pinout to match. So they could get away with a small two layer board. Ground on the bottom layer and all the signals on the top layer.