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Press ReleaseRambus Signs Patent License Agreement with AMDAgreement for $75M over five years covers all chips except memory LOS ALTOS, California, United States - 01/03/2006 Rambus Inc. (Nasdaq:RMBS), one of the worlds premier technology licensing companies today announced the signing of a five-year patent license agreement with Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NYSE:AMD) which grants AMD a license to Rambus patents. The license includes Rambus patents used in the design of DDR2, DDR3, FB-DIMM, PCI Express* and XDR™ controllers as well as other current and future high-speed memory and logic controller interfaces. The five-year term of the agreement carries the possibility of renewal or extension. Specific terms of the agreement are confidential. "The license of our patent portfolio with AMDs demonstrated innovation in the microprocessor market is highly compelling," said Harold Hughes, chief executive officer at Rambus. "We are very pleased to start the new year with an agreement that reflects a new approach for pricing our controller licenses and to continue to provide the market with innovative high-speed chip interface technologies." Since its founding in 1990, Rambus has focused on advancing electronic system performance through innovations in logic and memory interfaces, controller architectures, 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, to lower system costs, to mitigate risk with silicon-proven designs, and to reduce time to market. For more information on Rambus patent portfolio, please visit www.rambus.com/products/innovationslicensing/.
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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