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Press ReleaseRambus Technology Powers Next-Generation TI Digital Light Processing SubsystemsRDRAM® combines the bandwidth of four chips into one LOS ALTOS, California, United States - 01/07/2002 Rambus Inc. (NASDAQ:RMBS), the world's leading developer of chip-to-chip interface technology, today announced that Texas Instruments (NYSE:TXN) has commenced shipments of its latest TI DLP™ display controllers with RDRAM™ memory. Targeted at lightweight, high-performance business projectors, TI's DDP1000 controllers rely heavily on the memory performance, cost and space-savings delivered by RDRAM memory. RDRAM memory allows TI to reduce the component count, size and cost of DLP™ subsystems by providing a single-chip memory buffer with 1.6 Gigabytes per second of memory bandwidth. Previous generations of DLP™ controllers needed four or more SDRAM devices to implement the buffer function. "The memory bandwidth available from a single RDRAM device helped us to substantially improve the performance of the DLP subsystem while simultaneously reducing system board space and chip count by half, thus reducing overall solution cost," said Steve Gumm, Manager, Technology Development for TI's DLP™ Products division. "The ability to offer more functions in smaller form factors is becoming even more critical as our OEM customers strive to deliver maximum performance from even smaller, even lighter weight projectors." The DDP1000 controller is a next-generation implementation of TI's Emmy Award-winning DLP™ technology. DLP™ technology provides clear, sharp, bright image performance in a compact and low cost display solution. The high bandwidth of RDRAM memory helps TI to implement Sequential Color Recapture technology to improve still further image quality and clarity. RDRAM memory enables even smaller and lighter microportable business projectors from leading projector OEMs such as InFocus® (LP®70 and LP650), Sharp Electronics (NoteVision PG-M20X, PG-M25X and PG-M20S), Toshiba (TDP-P5), HP (sb21), Dell (3100 MP), Optoma (EzPro 737 and 756) and NEC Solutions America Inc. (LT240 and LT260). It also allows manufacturers like SIM2 Multimedia (SDV41 A200) and Mitsubishi Digital Electronics America Inc. (VS-67FD10U) to manufacture video wall boxes that project sharper images. According to Frank Fox, vice president of the RDRAM Solutions Division at Rambus, "RDRAM memory is a perfect match for TI DLP systems because the RDRAM architecture delivers high bandwidth from a small memory footprint." In addition to business projectors, the DDP1010 TI DLP™ display controller for consumer high-definition TV products and large-venue projectors will also utilize RDRAM memory. To hear more about how RDRAM memory helps power TI DLP™ technology-based projectors, please visit RDF Japan on July 3 for a presentation by Adam Kunzman, manager of DLP™ Products, Japan entitled TI DLP™ Technology and RDRAM memory. Digital Light Processing and DLP are trademarks of Texas Instruments. All other products and names may or may not be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. Rambus and RDRAM are registered trademarks of Rambus Inc. Other trademarks that may be mentioned in this release are the intellectual property of their respective owners. This press release contains forward-looking statements. These statements are based on current expectations, estimates and projections about the Company's industry, management's beliefs, and certain assumptions made by the Company's management. You can identify these and other forward-looking statements by the use of works such as "may", "will", "should," "expects," "plans," "anticipates," "believes," "estimates," "predicts," "intends," "potential," "continue" or the negative of such terms, or other comparable terminology. Forward-looking statements also include the assumptions underlying or relating to the foregoing statements. Actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of various factors, including those identified in the Company's recent filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its recently filed Form 10-Q, and also including the uncertainty of new technologies; and the uncertainty regarding the technical and market demands for such technologies. All forward-looking statements included in this press release are based on information available to Rambus on the date hereof. Rambus assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements.
Über Rambus Inc.Rambus ist eines der weltweit führenden Technologielizenzierungsunternehmen und auf die Erfindung und Entwicklung von Hochgeschwindigkeits-Chip-Schnittstellen spezialisiert. Seit seiner Gründung im Jahr 1990 unterstützt das Unternehmen mit Innovationen, richtungsweisenden Technologien und anerkanntem Integrations-Knowhow branchenführende Chip- und Systemhersteller, damit diese ihre hochwertigen Produkte auf den Markt bringen können. Die Technologie und Produkte von Rambus lösen hochkomplexe Problemstellungen von Kunden auf Chip- und Schnittstellenebene und ermöglichen beispiellose Leistungen bei Anwendungen aus den Bereichen IT, Kommunikation und Unterhaltungselektronik. Rambus lizenziert sowohl das eigene erstklassige Patent-Portfolio als auch die Familie der führenden Schnittstellenprodukte und der Produkte nach Industriestandard. Der Hauptsitz von Rambus befindet sich in Los Altos, Kalifornien. Das Unternehmen hat regionale Niederlassungen in North Carolina, Indien, Deutschland, Japan und Taiwan. Weitere Informationen finden Sie unter www.rambus.com.
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