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To: Ali Chen who wrote (111852)9/29/2000 4:52:50 PM
From: Jim McMannis  Respond to of 186894
 
RE:"Jim, things may be more complicated than that. The
rumor is that Rambus invented and patented the
Dual-Data rate idea. If that will be proven as
true in courts, everyone will be dead, Intel
first. Because every interface in the Intel
architecture is based on DDR today. And notice,
DDR is on both ends of those interfaces.
Imagine the size of royalties due?
Therefore Intel must take the anti-cancer
medication very carefully."

It appear Intel is being very careful but RAMBUS must be sleeping with one eye open. If they try to charge more royalty for DDR or SDRAM than for Rambus...they will hang themselves from an antitust cross.

Jim



To: Ali Chen who wrote (111852)9/29/2000 8:41:52 PM
From: Windsock  Respond to of 186894
 
Re: "The rumor is that Rambus invented and patented the
Dual-Data rate idea. "

Rambus asserts that they have patents that cover both SDRAM and DDR. Apparently, the patent claims involve using the rising and trailing edges of a clock pulse to transfer data. Of course there are more details than that in the dispute.

Of course they also have patents that cover RDRAM.


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