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Press ReleaseElpida and Rambus Modify and Extend SDRAM and DDR Patent Licensing AgreementNew agreement includes DDR2 and FB-DIMM innovations Los Altos, California, United States - 06/07/2004 Rambus Inc. (Nasdaq:RMBS), a leading developer of chip interface products and services today announced an extension of its SDRAM and DDR DRAM patent licensing agreement with Elpida Memory, Inc. to include Rambus innovations for DDR2 DRAM, fully-buffered modules (FB-DIMMs), GDDR1, GDDR2, GDDR3, RLDRAM1, RLDRAM2 and FCRAM memory products. The new agreement extends Elpida's license term to March 2008. The license scope has been expanded to permit Elpida to sell SDRAM, DDR DRAM, DDR2 DRAM, associated FB-DIMMs and specialty DRAM products in exchange for interim fixed quarterly payments to Rambus. These interim fixed quarterly payments will only apply until certain trigger events occur. The interim shift from per unit to fixed payments is not expected to have a material impact on Rambus's 2004 revenues. "This represents our first SDRAM and DDR DRAM license extending past 2005 as well as our first DRAM license covering DDR2," said Geoff Tate, chief executive officer at Rambus. "This agreement gives us predictability of royalty income from Elpida for the immediate future while giving Elpida a path to potential cost savings in the longer term. We view this agreement as mutually beneficial and are pleased to lengthen and expand our relationship with our long-time customer Elpida." Since its founding in 1990, Rambus has focused on advancing system performance through innovations in various applications, including logic and memory interfaces, controller architecture, and system design. The result is a broad portfolio of innovations and patents that enables semiconductor manufacturers and system designers to achieve ever-increasing levels of functionality and performance, which allows them to improve performance, lower system costs, mitigate risk with silicon-proven designs, and reduce time to market. Rambus is a registered trademark of Rambus Inc. Other trademarks that may be mentioned in this release are the intellectual property of their respective owners. This release contains forward-looking statements under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, such as the statement related to the possible effect that the shift from per unit royalty payments to fixed payments could have on Rambus's 2004 revenues and as to the beneficial nature of the extended agreement. Such forward-looking statements are based on current expectations, management's beliefs, and certain assumptions made by the Company's management. Actual results may differ materially. Among the reasons that could cause actual results to differ materially are: Elpida's sales, strength of the DRAM market, and other factors that are described more fully in our SEC filings including our 10-K and 10-Qs.
À propos de Rambus Inc.Rambus est l'une des principales sociétés concédant des licences technologiques, spécialisée dans l'invention et la conception d'interfaces de circuits haut-débit. Depuis sa fondation en 1990, les brevets déposés par la société ainsi que ses importantes découvertes technologiques et ses compétences réputées en matière d'intégration ont permis à des sociétés leaders d'électronique et de systèmes de mettre sur le marché des produits haut de gamme. La technologie et les produits Rambus relèvent les défis les plus complexes des clients en matière d'interface circuits et systèmes, offrant des performances inégalées dans le domaine des applications informatiques, des communications et de l'électronique grand public. Rambus accorde des licences d'exploitation sur son important portefeuille de brevets ainsi que sur sa gamme de produits d'interface de pointe conçus aux normes de l'industrie. Basée à Los Altos en Californie, Rambus possède des bureaux régionaux en Caroline du Nord, en Inde, en Allemagne, au Japon, en Corée et à Taiwan. De plus amples informations sont disponibles sur le site www.rambus.com.
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