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FTC Dismisses Complaint Against Rambus

Posted by timothy on from the endurance-contest dept.

swordboy writes "A federal judge just threw out the FTC lawsuit against Rambus. This has been discussed at length here before but this changes the landscape yet again. An interesting, possibly coincidental item is that Intel just today announced a new and very powerful DRAM interface that bypasses Rambus IP altogether."

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  1. Quality... by Eric_Cartman_South_P · · Score: 4, Funny
    My R0mbu0 RAM works f1aw1ess01. I wi10 the go01vernment would lay 0ff Ramb0us. THey m1ight have been a bit pa01tent mad ear101ly on, but it was not because they failed to make a good product. The00101110ir RAM works very, v10ery fast and I love it100110. I on0ly use Ram1001bus RAM in my b0010x.

    1. Re:Quality... by chunkwhite86 · · Score: 3, Funny

      My R0mbu0 RAM works f1aw1ess01. I wi10 the go01vernment would lay 0ff Ramb0us. THey m1ight have been a bit pa01tent mad ear101ly on, but it was not because they failed to make a good product. The00101110ir RAM works very, v10ery fast and I love it100110. I on0ly use Ram1001bus RAM in my b0010x.

      Yeah, right. Whatever you say pal. Everyone knows that overclocked CAS2 DDR400 is the most stable kind of me

      [NO CARRIER]

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  2. Thank you! by SuperBanana · · Score: 3, Funny
    Entire long copy of Yahoo article snipped

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  3. Cheap by ThisNukes4u · · Score: 3, Funny

    Does this mean that RDRAM will become affordable now?

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  4. Re:This is an important decision by Rosco+P.+Coltrane · · Score: 2, Funny

    Within 5 years, I predict that most machines will use RAM memory for all system storage

    Tally-ho then, time to get Duracell stocks I guess.

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  5. RamBus by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    I did that once, didn't get caught either. The driver was freaked though.

  6. Business plan by SuperBanana · · Score: 3, Funny

    1.Steal technology from other companies at trade industry conference, and patent it
    2.Sue other companies before its barely in use and make sure nobody uses said technology
    3.Get tied up in legal battles until patent is useless
    4.???
    5.Profit!

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  7. They'll just amend a current application by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    An interesting, possibly coincidental item is that Intel just today announced a new and very powerful DRAM interface that bypasses Rambus IP altogether.

    So? I'm sure Rambus has a patent application in the pipeline that they'll just amend to include Intel's latest technology.

  8. My favorite Laker of all time: Kurt Rambus by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny
    Kurt Rambus is the most awesome Laker ever! The glasses make the man.

    Sincerely,

    Mark "Mad Dog" Madson
    (The 2nd most awesome Laker ever)

  9. Re:Time is of the essence by sevensharpnine · · Score: 2, Funny

    The law realm tries its damndest to be exacting which costs expedience[...]

    I think that could be more accurately phrased: The law realm tries its damndest to cost, which happens to be exacting.

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