Originally posted by: ultimatebob
I wouldn't invest a cent in Rambus. Companies that base their business off of patent trolling usually end up failing when their patent claims are shot down by larger established companies that can demonstrate prior art. Just look at SCO for an example of that.
It's too bad that the courts have already ruled that Rambus is "not even close to being a patent troll" (Judge Whyte from NDCA, the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals, the Supreme Court, Administrative Law Judge of the FTC).
None of the manufacturers have proven prior art and it's been 15 years. In fact, they have posted a $50,000 reward for someone in the field to find prior art to invalidate Rambus' patents. To date, they have found none. Show me prior art regarding dual-edge clocking or flex-phase timing for RAM. The issue here is spoilation, not patent validation.
Hynix is about to get finalized. The larger, more established companies like Intel, AMD, Panasonic, Sony, Fujitsu, Toshiba, Elpida, Qimonda all have licenses with Rambus. Even Samsung who they are suing has a license for certain Rambus' IP like XDR, and was, at one time, licensing Rambus SDRAM and DDR lines until a contract dispute rose over the royalties that should be charged.
Anyway, for those who are wondering, I didn't buy $50,000 more of Rambus this morning. I got into the office too late and after replying to this message, I see that Rambus has basically recovered - probably in light that staying the DDR2 case was Rambus' preference so they can get Hynix certified first.