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To: Didi who wrote (235)	6/16/2000 1:34:00 AM
From: Dr. Id	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1115

I think QCOM news is mostly FUD. Probably a great price if holding for the long term. Big Rambus news this evening about a deal with Toshiba. Stock could be up BIG tomorrow... Toshiba Signs Patent License Agreement With Rambus For SDRAM & DDR SDRAM Memory and Controllers Mountain View, California. -- June 15, 2000 -- Toshiba Corporation and Rambus Inc. (Nasdaq: RMBS) today signed a new patent license agreement for SDRAM, Double Data Rate (DDR) SDRAM, DDR FCRAM memory and Controllers that directly interface with these types of memory. Toshiba has been developing, manufacturing and selling Rambus compatible IC's since 1990. The new agreement covers patents for fundamental aspects of high-speed memory interfaces invented by Rambus, which are currently being implemented in SDRAM, DDR SDRAM and DDR FCRAM memory and controllers which directly interface with these types of memory. Under the licensing agreement, the royalty rates for DDR SDRAM and the controllers, which directly interface with DDR SDRAM, are greater than the RDRAM compatible rates. The agreement also includes royalties for SDRAM and for controllers that directly interface with SDRAM, as well as a license fee for the entire agreement. "This agreement ensures that Toshiba has rights to these important Rambus patents which are necessary to continue providing our customers with their choice of memory and logic products," said Yasuo Morimoto, president and CEO, Toshiba Corporation Semiconductor Company. "Toshiba will continue to be a leader in providing RDRAMs and Rambus-compatible logic products." "We have had a long and mutually beneficial relationship with Toshiba. Rambus develops and licenses IP - our objective is to produce innovations that will benefit the semiconductor and systems industries, and by licensing these innovations to generate a return on investment to our shareholders," said Geoff Tate, Rambus' chief executive officer. "We believe our Rambus memory interface is the best solution for the majority of the market. Developing and marketing the Rambus memory interface has been and remains our top priority. But we are willing to license our IP for other memory interface solutions as well." Rambus Inc. is an intellectual property company that designs, develops and licenses high-bandwidth chip-connection technologies which enable semiconductor memory devices to keep pace with faster generations of processors and controllers. To date, these efforts have resulted in more than 95 U.S. and foreign patents issued to Rambus. Rambus has licensed its technology to over 30 semiconductor companies for the development, manufacture and sale of Rambus-compatible ICs. Providers of Rambus-based integrated circuits include the world's leading DRAM, ASIC, controller and microprocessor manufacturers. There are more than 60 Rambus based systems shipping today, including Dell, Compaq, Hewlett-Packard, and IBM PCs and workstations and the Sony PlayStation(r)2 video game system. More information on Rambus Inc. and its high bandwidth technologies is available at rambus.com Rambus and RDRAM are registered trademarks of Rambus Inc. ** Note: Rambus Inc. will host an Investor Relations Conference Call, Friday, June 16, 2000 at 6:00AM PDT/9:00AM ET Dr. Id@hopeRMBSmakesupformyQCOM.com

To: Didi who wrote (235)	6/16/2000 5:36:00 AM
From: Didi	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1115

T/A by Dr.Bob... Edited T/A via e-mail: >>>From: ----<Drbob512@---.com> Date: Thu, Jun 15 2000 10:38:06 PM -0700 ............ The Nasdaq's late rally Thursday improved the weekly, daily and hourly stochastics but did not help the rate of change which turned neutral from having been positive. The rally was on low volume again, which has resulted in declines shortly thereafter, on several recent occassions. If we can rally early Friday on better breadth (at least 2 to 2 a/d) and volume(at least 1.7 billion shares at the close), then we may hold the gains, but weak breadth and volume will probably make this rally fail. The Nsdq is expected to have strength early in the morning. The gap at 3582 seems less likely to fill than it did a week or two ago, as we have traded in a narrow range between 3700 and 3900, perhaps forming a cup and handle formation, after previously looking like an inverted head and shoulders. The markets are at the mercy of the insititutions, as they provide the block trades and volume, and have subsided in their buying after helping the Nsdq rally from 3042 to 3982. For the Summer rally to continue, we need a confirmation of the inverted head and shoulder formation with a breakout and a close above 4000. The formation is looking like a cup and handle, which has bullish implications. Dr.Bob is not an investment advisor so his commentaries should not be construed as recommedations to buy or sell stocks. Information is believed to be reliable but cannot be guaranteed. Always do your own research before investing.<<<