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Samsung Settles With Rambus In Patent Dispute
Tackhead writes "After almost a decade of legal wrangling, Samsung has settled with Rambus over the antitrust case, regarding allegations of price-fixing for DDR and SDRAM memory, that was scheduled to proceed this month. (Here is a half-decade-old summary of the twists and turns of the case.) As part of the settlement, Samsung agrees to purchase $200M in Rambus stock, pays $200M in cash to Rambus, plus $25M per quarter for the next 5 years in licensing fees. No immediate word on the implications for Micron or Hynix."
So let me get this right, RAMBUS has a higher priced, poorer performing product. They get in bed with Intel and try and ram (no pun intended) this shit down our throats along with ridiculous license fees for what is a dubious technology at best. Now Samsung, those caves in after ten years! I wonder who is going to be getting the butt sex on this one, AGAIN? If you failed to guess, go to the corner, put on your butt sex dunce hat, and bend over the stool! We the consumer are going to pay for this shit again. Most of these companies have figured it out, from gas to semiconductor manufacturers, to HMO and insurance companies. Jack the rates when you get hit with fees or just want to bump your bottom line. It pisses me off that now my money is going to be going into the pockets of RAMBUS each time I buy RAM. FUCK RAMBUS AND FUCK SAMSUNG FOR CAVING!