RMBS--Rambus Inc. Expands Global Presence Opening New Office in Taipei, Taiwan
Office to Provide Direct Sales, Marketing and Engineering Support
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. & TAIPEI, Taiwan--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 17, 2000--Rambus Inc. (Nasdaq:RMBS - news), the leading provider of high bandwidth chip connection technology, today announced the opening of its office in Taipei, Taiwan. The office will provide direct sales, marketing and engineering support for Rambus technology in local consumer, communication and computer markets.
``China is one of the world's fastest growing economies, and it is essential that we have a strong presence in Taiwan, the technology center of the greater China region,'' said Dave Mooring, President of Rambus Inc. ``This is consistent with Rambus' strategy of providing system solutions to our global customers and partners using our leading edge high bandwidth chip connections technology.''
Mr. Joseph Lin, a native of Taiwan, joins Rambus as the Director of Marketing and Applications. Mr. Lin brings with him over 14 years of industry experience, including hardware design and field application engineering positions at Texas Instruments and OAK Technologies, and sales and marketing positions at National Semiconductor and Microsoft Corporation.
Mr. Lin will interface with Taiwanese PC OEMs, chipset suppliers, Semiconductor companies and component manufacturers directly supporting a local Rambus infrastructure, modeled after the US infrastructure already in place.
``The Rambus Taiwan office is central to building successful partnerships with the consumer, communication, computer OEMs and component manufacturers. As Rambus' technology is adopted and implemented into new systems, a local office is of increasing importance to support the growing infrastructure,'' said Joseph Lin, Director of Marketing and Applications, Rambus Taiwan.
About Rambus Inc.
Rambus Inc. develops and licenses high bandwidth chip connection technologies to enhance the performance of computers, consumer electronics and communications products. Current Rambus-based computers supported by Intel chipsets include Dell, Compaq, Hewlett-Packard, and IBM PCs and workstations. Sony's PlayStation®2 video game system uses Rambus memory. Providers of Rambus-based integrated circuits include the world's leading DRAM, ASIC and PC controller manufacturers. Currently, eight of the world's top-10 semiconductor companies license Rambus technology. More information on Rambus Inc. and its high bandwidth technologies is available at www.rambus.com.
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