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Technology Stocks : Rambus (RMBS) - Eagle or Penguin -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Don Green who wrote (52596)	9/5/2000 12:48:50 AM
From: Bilow	Respond to of 93625

Hi all; New (bearish) editorial on Rambus /RDRAM from DocMemory: Lawsuits putting Rambus back on defense Rambus Inc. was once the darling of the memory world, with a proprietary, high-bandwidth architecture heralded as the future of PC main memory by Intel Corp. But under nagging cost pressures and rising legal disputes, the tide is turning. Intel executives took a neutral stance on memory architectures this past month, and two memory-chip makers went on the attack against Rambus this past week rather than pay royalties on patents that Rambus claims cover both RDRAMs and competing synchronous DRAMs. Micron Technology Inc. and Hyundai Electronics Industries Co. Ltd. filed separate lawsuits against Rambus, claiming that several of the company's memory patents are invalid. Both actions stemmed from attempts by Rambus to seek royalties from the two companies for SDRAM sales, based on the notion that Micron and Hyundai designs infringe Rambus' patents. Micron also asserts that Rambus' actions have been anti-competitive and is accusing the company of antitrust violations. ... simmtester.com -- Carl