Rambus Inc. and Elpida Memory Inc. have  expanded their existing SDRAM and DDR DRAM patent licensing agreement to include Rambus technology updates for DDR2 DRAM, fully-buffered modules (FB-DIMMs), GDDR1, GDDR2, GDDR3, RLDRAM1, RLDRAM2 and FCRAM memory products.

Elpida’s license term was extended to March 2008 with this addendum, which permits Elpida to sell SDRAM, DDR DRAM, DDR2 DRAM, associated FB-DIMMs and specialty DRAM products in exchange for interim fixed quarterly payments to Rambus that will only apply until certain trigger events occur.

“This represents our first SDRAM and DDR DRAM license extending past 2005 as well as our first DRAM license covering DDR2," said Geoff Tate, Rambus' CEO, in a statement. This agreement gives us predictability of royalty income from Elpida for the immediate future while giving Elpida a path to potential cost savings in the longer term. We view this agreement as mutually beneficial and are pleased to lengthen and expand our relationship with our long-time customer Elpida.”

By: DocMemory
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