News - Samsung pays $900 million to settle with Rambus

[HEXUS]

The Korean tech giant resolves its DRAM spat with license holder Rambus by agreeing to hand over a bunch of cash.

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[TooNice]

Wow, so many years after the P4, and Rambus still has so much grip on DRAM manufacturers. What is the licence for, and is it an asset they can sit on indefinitely, or like a patent has a duration? And have they been working on anything these days (they do have the reputation of being a team of lawyers at least in the past)?

[[GSV]Trig]

RAMBUS, wasnt that horrible stuff from years ago?

[shadowmaster]

RAMBUS, wasnt that horrible stuff from years ago?

Yes, one of the first pc's in my household had RD ram. It was a gateway P4 1.7Ghz. Iirc the ram was expensive, quite rare and not particularly fast.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rambus

Judging by the above, they seem to spend a lot of time filing lawsuits.

[[GSV]Trig]

Yeah a hell of a lot of time, so in essence, you ahve one good idea, then look at technology, guess where its logically going to be in 5 years time, patent that idea then sell licences to other people, failing that you sue them...