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To: Dealer who wrote (475)	9/11/2000 6:38:38 PM
From: mike machi	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 65232

sORRY IF THIS HAS BEEN POSTED... Rambus Sues Micron for Patent Infringement in Germany and France; Company Committed to Vigorously Defend Its Intellectual Property MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Sep 11, 2000 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Rambus Inc. has filed suit in Germany and France against Micron Technology Inc. for patent infringement. Rambus attempted to initiate negotiations with Micron to license Rambus' IP for use in SDRAMs and DDR SDRAMs. Micron preempted Rambus' attempts to negotiate by filing a lawsuit in the United States. Rambus is seeking injunctions to halt the sale, manufacture and use of Micron SDRAM and DDR SDRAM memory devices which infringe the Rambus intellectual property protected by European Patent EP 0 525 068. This patent stems from Rambus' original 1990 disclosure and covers fundamental aspects of high-speed memory invented by Rambus that are currently being implemented in SDRAM and DDR SDRAM. Trial has been set in Mannheim, Germany for February 16th, 2001. A French Court, today, seized documents and other materials relating to infringing Micron SDRAM and DDR SDRAM memory devices as it started its investigation into Micron's infringing activities. "IP is our business and we will not hesitate to protect our IP when it is being used without a license," said Geoff Tate, Rambus' chief executive officer. "Rambus develops and licenses intellectual property -- since the early 1990s, we established and still maintain the leadership in high bandwidth chip connection technology. Our objective is to continue 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." Rambus Inc. (Nasdaq: RMBS) 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 100 U.S. and foreign patents issued to Rambus. Rambus has licensed its technology to approximately 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