Neowin News Feed for: Rambus

Microsoft teams up with Rambus to focus on future computing

Paul Hill — Thu, 07 Jan 2016 08:44:01 +0000

Microsoft Research and Rambus have partnered up to further develop their collective understanding of, among other things, memory usage and optimization in quantum computing. Read more...

Micron Claims Rambus Destroyed Documents

Sat, 10 Nov 2007 00:12:42 +0000

Micron Technology, the largest U.S. maker of computer-memory chips, pressed claims of document destruction against semiconductor designer Rambus as a trial began in federal court. Micron sued Rambus in 2000, alleging it tried to control... Read more...

EU Alleges Rambus is Overcharging for Chip Patents

Thu, 23 Aug 2007 22:56:44 +0000

European Union regulators have charged memory chip maker Rambus Inc. with antitrust abuse, alleging that the company demanded "unreasonable" royalties for its patents that were fraudulently set as industry standards. Rambus allegedly deceived a standards-setting... Read more...

AMD Licenses Rambus Technology

Tue, 03 Jan 2006 21:33:30 +0000

Fear not readers, this is not an announcement that AMD will be shifting to RDRAM for Socket AM2, so sit back and relax. Advanced Micro Devices has agreed to pay Rambus... Read more...

Rambus Promises Graphics Memory Speed Increases

Fri, 08 Jul 2005 14:13:47 +0000

Memory developer Rambus, creators of the ill-fated RDRAM for the Intel desktop platform, are touting their upcoming XDR graphics memory as being five times faster than current graphics memory products such as GDDR3. The... Read more...

Rambus Proposes Micro-Threading to Boost GDDR Performance

Mon, 04 Apr 2005 23:17:29 +0000

Rambus unveiled Monday a technology which is said to significantly increases memory subsystem efficiency, resulting in up to four times greater performance when compared to a traditional DRAM in applications such as 3D graphics, advanced... Read more...

Rambus Suffers a Setback in Court

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 03 Mar 2005 09:48:08 +0000

After several recent rulings in its favor, Rambus' quest to recover royalties from the memory chip industry was dealt a blow this week with the dismissal of its patent case against Infineon Technologies on allegations... Read more...

Rambus files more antitrust suits

Wed, 05 May 2004 22:33:58 +0000

Chip designer Rambus has filed antitrust lawsuits against Siemens and Micron Technology, furthering its legal assault on rivals. The Los Altos, Calif., company filed an antitrust lawsuit in the Superior Court of... Read more...

Big money in little chips: Rambus case on appeal

Wed, 28 Apr 2004 02:43:26 +0000

Computer chip designer Rambus Inc. could pocket up to $3 billion in royalties and raise prices for consumers of all manner of computing devices if an administrative law judge's ruling in its favor is allowed... Read more...

SIS preps further Rambus chipsets

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 18 Mar 2004 18:08:06 +0000

SIS told us about its 659 Rambus chipset at last year's CeBIT and the game is far from over on this front, it appeared from a conversation we had with the firm today. The 659... Read more...

FTC Appeals Rambus Ruling

Fri, 05 Mar 2004 21:51:57 +0000

Staff lawyers at the U.S. Federal Trade Commission are appealing an administrative judge's decision to strike down antitrust charges against Rambus. On Friday, the FTC's Web site published a notice filed Monday by a lawyer... Read more...

Judge Dismisses Rambus Suit

Wed, 18 Feb 2004 19:39:52 +0000

A U.S. judge has dismissed a complaint brought against Rambus by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission that the company tried to unfairly monopolize the memory-chip market. Judge Stephen J. McGuire, the FTC's chief administrative law... Read more...

Rambus to show off XDR memory at Intel forum

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 03 Feb 2004 11:16:15 +0000

THE GUYS AT Rambus say they'll be showing off what's claimed to be the fastest memory on the planet at this month's Intel Developer Forum. Rambus said it will show off a Toshiba 512 megabit... Read more...

Rambus with the Help of SiS Poised to take on Dual DDR

Fri, 11 Jul 2003 11:25:46 +0000

CHIPSET FIRM SIS said that is showing off the latest vesion of its R659 chipset at the Rambus Developer Forum in Tokyo, today. The 659 which uses HyperStreaming, a marchitecture term, will work... Read more...

Rambus marks finish line for new memory

Fri, 11 Jul 2003 04:12:22 +0000

Chip designer Rambus and its manufacturing partners said Thursday that their new high-speed memory will hit the market next year. The XDR DRAM technology (formerly code-named Yellowstone) will transfer data at 3.2GHz... Read more...

Court tosses out suit against Rambus

Michael Stanclift — Wed, 29 Jan 2003 21:27:09 +0000

A federal appeals court on Wednesday dismissed Infineon's fraud claim against Rambus and breathed new life into Rambus Inc.'s claim that Infineon Technologies AG infringed its patents. A three judge panel of the... Read more...

Rambus Denies Document Destroying Charges

Sat, 18 Jan 2003 16:19:21 +0000

Beleaguered, litigious Rambus is vigorously denying it destroyed internal documents in "bad-faith" and is attempting to block a Federal Trade Commission (FTC) motion to declare a summary judgment against the Los Altos, Calif.-based semiconductor chip... Read more...

Rambus to power PlayStation 3?

Michael Stanclift — Wed, 08 Jan 2003 18:23:26 +0000

Rambus Inc. has licensed its memory boosting technology to Sony and Toshiba, which plan to use it in unspecified new products that are due out in three years' time. The shares of both companies jumped... Read more...

FTC declares war on Rambus

Thu, 20 Jun 2002 06:57:16 +0000

The Federal Trade Commission is filing suit against Rambus for its 'deception' of JEDEC, the DRAM standards-setting organisation. In a no holds-barred statement, the FTC accuses the fast DRAM chip designer of... Read more...

FTC to take action against Rambus

Tue, 14 May 2002 11:20:56 +0000

Rambus yesterday confirmed that it was the subject of an Federal Trade Commission (FTC) investigation. Shares fell 5 per cent on the news in after-hours trading. The FTC will not say what the... Read more...

Rambus makes money in DRAM downturn

Fri, 11 Jan 2002 00:08:04 +0000

Rambus, the pugnacious owner of all sorts of fast memory patents, many obtained legitimately, has turned in a profit for the December quarter, its Q3. So it was down - $6.2m, compared... Read more...