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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.
Rambus Inc. 소개Rambus는 고속 칩 인터페이스의 개발과 설계를 전문으로 하는 세계 최고의 기술 라이센싱 기업 중 하나입니다. 1990년 회사가 설립된 이후 특허를 받은 당사의 혁신 기술, 핵심 기술, 그리고 명성이 있는 통합 전문기술을 통해 업계 선두의 칩 생산 및 시스템 기업들은 우수한 제품을 시장에 출시할 수 있었습니다. Rambus의 기술 및 제품은 고객이 직면하는 가장 복잡한 칩 및 시스템 레벨 인터페이스 문제를 해결하여 컴퓨팅, 통신 및 가전 제품에서 전례없는 성능을 구현할 수 있게 했습니다. Rambus는 특허를 가진 광범위한 포트폴리오의 혁신 기술, 그리고 업계를 선도하는 표준 칩 인터페이스 제품에 대한 라이센스를 제공합니다. Rambus 본사는 캘리포니아 Los Altos에 소재하고 있으며 북캐롤라이나, 인도, 독일, 일본 및 대만에 지역 사무소가 있습니다. 추가 정보는 www.rambus.com을 방문하십시오.
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