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Rambus Allowed to Continue Patent Dispute Case

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the just-the-beginning dept.

ZuperDee writes "According to an article at Forbes, Rambus has just won a major victory against Hynix semiconductor. They have also signed a $75 million licensing deal with AMD." The victory? Well, come March they get to go to trial against Hynix.

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  1. Mixed Feelings by queenb**ch · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I have been the beneficiary of several of their infringed upon patents, enjoying the benefits of cheap memory in almost every device I own. Still, I think that the technology would have gotten much futher had Rambus licensed the patents.

    2 cents,

    Queen B

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    HDGary secures my bank :/
  2. Re:RAMBUS - Another company people love to hate. by Stormwatch · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Keep in mind that, unlike SCO, Rambus may actually have a case.

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  3. "Hynix"... by Caspian · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...I don't know if that sounds more like the name of a posix-compliant operating system, a sandwich cookie, or a part of a lady's nether-regions...

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    With spending like this, exactly what are "conservatives" conserving?
  4. AMD + Rambus Multicore by adam31 · · Score: 3, Interesting
    75$ mil deal and AMD gets access to "the good stuff". There's a reason XDR is going into the Cell processor, and it's because 25.6 GByte/s is the right bandwidth to feed 9 cores @ 3.2 Ghz. But it's way, way more than you need for a dinky 1- or 2-core processor (for those you're better off spending money on the super low-latency SRAM instead).

    So does this mean that AMD is jumping on the many-multicore design bandwagon? They must have something up their sleeve...

  5. I have RDRAM by Stuupid · · Score: 5, Funny

    and let me tell you, it is the best value in ram anywhere!

    i mean, $200+ for 512MB? can you beat that?!