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To: Voltaire who wrote (736)	9/12/2000 9:17:38 PM
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NEC Signs New Licensing Agreements with Rambus Includes Next-Generation Direct RDRAM Technology MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 12, 2000--NEC Corporation (NEC) (Nasdaq:NIPNY - news) and Rambus Inc. (Rambus) (Nasdaq:RMBS - news) signed new licensing agreements, including SDRAM, DDR and next-generation RDRAM(r). The agreements include the development of the next-generation Direct RDRAM as part of a larger strategic alliance and a broader licensing agreement between the two companies. The next-generation 1066MHz Direct RDRAM will deliver a 33% frequency improvement, over the current 800MHz Direct RDRAM, in main memory applications and will continue to maintain Rambus' memory technology at the forefront of performance in personal computers, workstations, servers and network equipment. According to Dataquest's 1999 worldwide rankings, NEC is the second largest Semiconductor manufacturer in the world as well as the fourth largest DRAM and third largest ASIC manufacturer. NEC has been developing, manufacturing and marketing RDRAMs and RACs since 1991. ``NEC was quick to recognize the potential of Rambus as a technology partner, and we've achieved significant successes as a result of our close partnership,'' said Kanji Sugihara, company resident for NEC Electron Devices, the semiconductor arm of NEC Corporation. ``We expect to see this success continue into other areas such as the PC, workstation and server markets, and the agreement