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Qimonda Started Volume Production of Rambus XDR™ DRAM for PlayStation®3 Computer Entertainment System

August 26, 2008

LOS ALTOS, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES and MUNICH, GERMANY – 08/26/2008 – Qimonda AG, a leading manufacturer of memory products, and Rambus Inc. (NASDAQ:RMBS), one of the world’s premier technology licensing companies specializing in high-speed memory architectures, today announced that Qimonda has started shipping XDR™ DRAM in volume for the PLAYSTATION®3 (PS3™) computer entertainment system. Qimonda started to ship first samples of the 512Mb XDR DRAM in January 2008. The XDR memory solution extends the Qimonda specialty RAM portfolio to better

Media Alert – Rambus to Showcase High-speed Memory Technologies and Architectures at IDF 2008

August 19, 2008

LOS ALTOS, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES – 08/19/2008 Who: Rambus Inc. (Nasdaq: RMBS) Where: Intel Developer Forum Moscone Center West 800 Howard Street San Francisco, CA Booth #712 When: August 19-21, 2008 Join Rambus at Intel Developer Forum 2008 for demos and displays of Rambus’ latest technology developments: The Terabyte Bandwidth Initiative, featuring new memory signaling innovations that facilitate data rates of 16Gbps, enables a future memory architecture that can deliver an unprecedented Terabyte per second (TB/s) of memory bandwidth

Rambus Announces Restructuring

August 14, 2008

Expects cash savings of approximately $17 million annually LOS ALTOS, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES – 08/14/2008 – Rambus Inc. (Nasdaq:RMBS), one of the world’s premier technology licensing companies specializing in high-speed memory architectures, today announced a restructuring of the Company. As a result of this action, Rambus will reduce its workforce by approximately 90 positions and will take a restructuring charge, on a cash basis, of approximately $4.0 million in the next two quarters, primarily related to severance expenses. With this

Rambus to Present at the RBC 2008 Technology, Media and Communications Conference

August 6, 2008

LOS ALTOS, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES – 08/06/2008 – Rambus Inc. (Nasdaq:RMBS), one of the world’s premier technology licensing companies specializing in high-speed memory architectures, today announced that Satish Rishi, chief financial officer, and Tim Messegee, vice president of marketing, will present at the RBC 2008 Technology, Media and Communications Conference in San Francisco on Thursday, August 7, 2008. The presentation, which is scheduled to begin at 2:00 p.m. Pacific Time, will be available through a webcast and can be accessed

Rambus Reports Second Quarter Earnings

July 24, 2008

Revenue of $35.7 million; loss of $1.38 per share includes a deferred tax asset valuation allowance of $1.25 loss per share LOS ALTOS, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES – 07/24/2008 – Rambus Inc. (NASDAQ:RMBS), one of the world’s premier technology licensing companies specializing in high-speed memory architectures, today reported financial results for the second quarter of 2008. Revenues for the second quarter of 2008 were $35.7 million, down 10.1% sequentially from the first quarter and down 24.9% over the second quarter of

Media Alert – Rambus to Outline Mobile and Multicore Memory Challenges and Solutions at MemCon 2008

July 21, 2008

LOS ALTOS, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES – 07/21/2008 Who: Rambus Inc. (Nasdaq: RMBS) Where: Denali MemCon 2008 Hyatt Regency 5101 Great America Parkway Santa Clara, CA Booth #14 When: July 21-24, 2008 Join Rambus at MemCon 2008 for demos, displays, and presentations of our latest technology developments. Rambus Presentations: Wednesday, July 23, 10:30 AM PDT Title: The Next Generation of Mobile Memory Presented by: Judy Chen, Ph.D., Strategic Marketing Manger and Fredrick Ware, Technical Director at Rambus Main Presentation Hall,

Rambus to Announce Second Quarter 2008 Results

July 17, 2008

LOS ALTOS, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES – 07/17/2008 – Rambus Inc. (Nasdaq:RMBS), one of the world’s premier technology licensing companies specializing in high-speed memory architectures, will hold a conference call on July 24, 2008 at 2:00 p.m. Pacific Time to discuss its second quarter 2008 financial results. This call will be webcast and can be accessed via Rambus’ web site at http://investor.rambus.com. A replay will be available following the call on Rambus’ Investor Relations web site or for one week at

Rambus and Qimonda Sign Amended Patent License Agreement

July 15, 2008

LOS ALTOS, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES – 07/15/2008 – Rambus Inc. (NASDAQ:RMBS), one of the world’s premier technology licensing companies specializing in high-speed memory architectures, today announced it has signed an amendment to its current patent license agreement with Qimonda AG, a leading manufacturer of memory products. This amendment extends the minimum term of the original patent license agreement, but specifies that in the event Infineon ceases to control or otherwise own a majority of Qimonda shares, certain competitors would not

Rambus Files Patent Infringement Suit Against NVIDIA

July 10, 2008

LOS ALTOS, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES – 07/10/2008 – Rambus Inc. (NASDAQ: RMBS), one of the world’s premier technology licensing companies specializing in high-speed memory architectures, today announced it has filed suit in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California against NVIDIA Corporation for patent infringement. The lawsuit alleges that a number of NVIDIA products with memory controllers for SDR, DDR, DDR2, DDR3, GDDR, and GDDR3 SDRAM infringe 17 Rambus patents. The accused products in the complaint

Rambus Appoints Eric Stang to its Board of Directors

June 24, 2008

LOS ALTOS, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES – 06/24/2008 – Rambus Inc. (NASDAQ: RMBS), one of the world’s premier technology licensing companies specializing in high-speed memory architectures, today announced the appointment of Mr. Eric Stang as a director to its board, effective July 22, 2008. Mr. Stang was also appointed to the Compensation Committee of the Rambus board of directors. “Eric has great industry experience in the consumer and semiconductor markets, making him a strong addition to our board,” said Bruce Dunlevie,

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