Court Decision Favors Rambus

RoscoeP writes "This story from News.com: "A federal judge has overturned two counts of fraud against chip designer Rambus...". At least Rambus can't pursue litigation against Infineon for SDRAM though." See our previous stories about Rambus for far-too-much background.

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Spin from both sides..

[ackthpt]

But the crux, as I undestand it, is that Infineon wanted Rambus' complaints against them brought to an end, while Rambus' ability to pursue Micron and Hynix to continue. Micron and Hynix are competitors after all, and for the benefit of those who haven't followed, they haven't worked together, just toward a common goal. So, in the spirit of winning, but not helping your allies, Infineon wishes to step away from the battlelines and sell memory, unfettered, while Micron and Hynix continue to soldier onward.

All in all, it's still a really bad thing for Rambus, as they've got to be running so low on revenues, from slumping sales in the IT market, that they should be considering out of court settlement with the manufacturers. Although such a concession might be too late.

Yet there's still the matter of Rambus vs Infineon in a german court, where a technology expert was appointed recently, and the italian procedings which looked like a win for Rambus, but the judge put on hold. Wait and see.

Link to Rambus v Infineon Docket

[myst564]

Here's a link to the actual docket http://www.rambusite.com/RambusVsInfineon/Docket.h tm .

It probably would be nice to have someone comment on what was exactly denied in the ruling.

Re:Quick look at PriceWatch

[Chris Burke]

Don't forget:
256MB PC2100 Micron DDR - $36
512MB PC2100 Micron DDR - $189

The 512MB sticks are still expensive (only 1/2 of RDRAM), but still a much better value. With SDRAM and DDR chipsets appearing for P4 soon, Rambus' days are numbered.