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To: Bilow who wrote (60042)	11/3/2000 12:35:35 AM
From: Don Green	Respond to of 93625

NEC-Hitachi venture licenses Rambus' synchronous DRAM patents By Semiconductor Business News Nov 2, 2000 (5:10 PM) URL: semibiznews.com MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--Rambus Inc. today announced a licensing agreement for its patents covering synchronous DRAMs, double data rate (DDR) chips, and controllers with Elpida Memory Inc., the new joint venture between NEC Corp. and Hitachi Ltd. The new licensing pact follows Rambus' previous agreements with NEC and Hitachi, and the announcement comes one day after the Mountain View company said it had licensed SDRAM, DDR and controller technologies to Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (see Nov. 1 story). Like the other agreements, Rambus will collect extra royalties from the Elpida joint venture for SDRAMs, DDR memories, and controllers interfacing to those chips. Rambus sparked a legal battle with Micron, Infineon, and Hyundai this summer when it began insisting on new licensing agreements to cover its patents for high-speed SDRAMs, DDR memories, and controllers. All three companies are fighting Rambus in court claiming those patents are invalid. Micron has also accused Rambus of breaking U.S. antitrust laws and unfair practices--a charge denied by managers at the Moutain View company. In addition to NEC, Hitachi, Samsung and the Elpida joint venture, Rambus has signed licensing agreements with Toshiba and Oki covering the SDRAM, DDR, and controller patents. Elpida became the new name of the 50-50 DRAM venture between Hitachi and NEC in late September. Officially, the venture "enters" the DRAM market in January 2001 with 11.5% market share, based on estimated by International Data Corp. (IDC). The venture plans to make available samples of a new 0.13-micron 256-Mbit DRAM--in both SDRAM and DDR formats--during the first quarter of 2001

To: Bilow who wrote (60042)	11/3/2000 8:45:16 AM
From: mishedlo	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 93625

<<Hold on to your horses, DDR will be available for Christmas, if you're willing to pay the price.>> Carl - I believe you were bragging about Nov 1 a few days ago. Then you went back into hiding for a day. Now it is christmas! LOL We need to add this to the looooooooooooooooooooooooooong list of DDR vapor launches and delays. In the meantime WE ALL WANT DDR as badly as you. That is what you do not seem to understand. Bigger royalties. Bring on that INTC chipset!!