<<Hi blake_paterson; Yes, patent issue date.>>
Carl, Carl.... how many times have I told you that to do truly beautiful posts, YOU MUST PROVIDE LINKS! <ggg>
Reference, please.
<<In regard to Rambus' patent on programmable latency register on memory chip. That patent dates to 1994, not 2000.>>
Is this one material to the discussion? Hard to tell w/o references. The issue at hand for (at least) the Sega litigation is Claim No. 23, in US Pat No. 6,038,195, issued on application no. 196199, a continuation of application Ser. No. 07/510,898 filed Apr. 18, 1990, now abandoned.
164.195.100.11
<<23. A method of controlling a synchronous memory device having at least one memory section including a plurality of memory cells and a register for storing a value which is representative of a time delay after which the memory device responds to a read request, the method comprising:
issuing a read request to the memory device; and receiving data from the memory device, in response to the read request, wherein the memory device outputs the data after the time delay transpires and synchronously with respect to an external clock signal.>>
Issue Date: March 14, 2000
I hope this helps clarify things. I think I'll go back to my day job now.
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