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Press ReleaseRambus And Intel Sign New Comprehensive Patent Cross-License Agreement
Los Altos and Santa Clara, California, United States - 09/17/2001 Rambus Inc. (Nasdaq:RMBS) and Intel Corporation today signed a comprehensive patent cross-license agreement that supersedes the prior agreement between the companies. The new cross-license provides complete patent coverage to Intel for all patents while providing Rambus license coverage necessary for Rambus' high-speed interface businesses. The agreement will have positive material impact on Rambus' current financial quarter that Rambus will discuss during its conference call and web cast at 6 a.m. PDT. Specific terms of the agreement are confidential. "We have had a long and mutually beneficial relationship with Intel," said Geoff Tate, Rambus' chief executive officer. "As an R&D hub for high-speed interfaces, Rambus' objective is to produce innovations that will benefit the semiconductor and system industries, and by licensing these innovations to generate a return on our investment to our shareholders. We believe the RDRAM standard is the best solution for the majority of the market and our top priority. But as evidenced by this license with Intel, we are pleased to license our other memory, communications and backplane inventions as well." "This broad agreement will help Intel continue to be a leader in providing high-performance chipsets," said Craig Barrett, Intel president and chief executive officer. "We also look forward to continued cooperation with Rambus in the further development of RDRAM-compatible chipsets and communications chips as well as the company's support of InfiniBand* and future initiatives." Rambus and RDRAM are registered trademarks of Rambus Inc. Intel is a trademark or registered trademark of Intel Corporation or its subsidiaries in the United States and other countries. * Other trademarks that may be mentioned in this release are the intellectual property of their respective owners. About Intel CorporationIntel, the world's largest chip maker, is also a leading manufacturer of computer, networking and communications products. Additional information about Intel is available at http://www.intel.com/pressroom.
關於Rambus Inc.Rambus 是全球首屈一指的專長於高速晶片介面發明與設計的技術授權企業。公司始建於1990 年，其專利的創新技術、突破性技術以及著名的集成專家經驗幫助業內領先的晶片與系統企業向市場上推出卓越產品。Rambus 的技術與產品能夠解決客戶最複雜的晶片與系統級介面難題，從而幫助計算、通信與消費電子設備實現前所未有的性能。Rambus 為其世界級的專利組合以及領先的行業標準介面系列產品發放使用授權。Rambus 總部位於加利福尼亞州Los Altos，在北卡羅來納州、印度、德國、日本和臺灣等地設有地區性辦事處。瞭解更多資訊，請訪問網站 www.rambus.com.tw 。
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