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About Rambus:
Rambus Inc. [Nasdaq:RMBS] develops and licenses high-performance, chip-to-chip interface technology that enables semiconductor memory devices to keep pace with faster generations of processors and controllers. Rambus technology is incorporated onto dynamic-random-access-memory (DRAM) chips and the logic devices that control them to deliver more than ten times the performance of conventional DRAMs. A single Rambus(R) DRAM, referred to as RDRAM(R), transfers data at speeds up to 800MHz over the Rambus Channel to Rambus-compatible ICs.
Rambus technology is an open standard, accessible to all semiconductor companies. Rambus provides licensees a full range of design, documentation and system-engineering services. In exchange, IC companies pay an up-front license fee and royalties. System companies buy Rambus-compatible ICs from licensed semiconductor companies; they do not pay separate royalties or license fees for using Rambus technology.
The high-bandwidth, low pin-count Rambus interface has a major impact on improving the price/performance and reducing the size of a broad range of systems from desktop computers to portables to communications systems to multimedia and consumer digital video products. Rambus Inc.'s unique technology uses standard CMOS processes, low cost IC packaging, and standard printed circuit board technologies to deliver the highest performance at a low cost. In addition, the Rambus solution uses fewer ICs to deliver a given amount of performance and its low pin-count interface enables further component savings.
Rambus Licensees
Rambus interface technology is broadly licensed to over 30 semiconductor companies which include the leading DRAM, ASIC and PC controller and chip set manufacturers. Eight of the world's top ten semiconductor companies license Rambus technology. For a complete list of Rambus licensees and infrastructure partners, visit our Partner Pavillion.
Rambus Based Products/Systems
Rambus technology addresses a wide range of computer, consumer and communications systems, including system memory, PC graphics, multimedia, workstations, video game consoles and network switches. Announced Rambus-based system products include:
AMD chip sets for K7 processors
Brocade Communications SilkWorm network switch
Compaq Computer Corporation, AlphaServer enterprise computing systems
Compaq Computer Corporation, Performance Desktop PCs
Dell Computer Corporation, Performance Desktop PCs
Evans & Sutherland 3D Visualization Graphics System
Fore Systems ESX-2400 network switch and ESX-4800 network switch
Hewlett-Packard Kayak XM600 Workstation and XU800 Workstation
Hewlett-Packard Vectra VL600 Corporate PC
Intel Corporation 820 Chipset for Performance Desktop PCs
Intel Corporation 840 Chipset for Workstations
National Semiconductor Corporation future PC processors
Nintendo64 3D graphics video game system
PixelFusion FUSION(TM) 150 High Performance Windows NT Graphics Chip
Sony Next Generation PlayStation(R) System
VideoLogic Power VR(TM) Graphics Controller
History
Rambus Inc. was founded in 1990 by Dr. Mike Farmwald and Dr. Mark Horowitz, foremost experts in electrical and computer engineering. The rest is history:
April 1999: Samsung announces first validated RDRAM devices
February 24, 1999: Rambus reveals specification for Mobile system memory components at Intel Developer Forum
June 1998: Toshiba and LG Semicon ship functional RDRAM devices
November 1998: Intel demonstrates working systems with 800MHz Rambus DRAMs at Fall COMDEX '98
June 22, 1998: Rambus, Intel, Toshiba and LG Semicon announce system testing of Direct Rambus DRAM devices at 1.6 Gigabytes per second
March 30, 1998: Sales of ICs using Rambus technology exceeds $1 Billion
May 14, 1997: IPO - Rambus Inc. makes initial public offering of common stock
December 1996: Rambus and Intel disclose agreement to evolve Rambus DRAMs to meet requirements of PC main memory
December 1995: Nintendo64 ships with Rambus DRAMs
July 10, 1995: SGI announces plans to ship Indigo2 IMPACT(TM) workstations with Rambus graphics memory
September 1994: NEC ships 16M RDRAMs to SGI
June 1992: Toshiba demonstrates working 4Mbit RDRAM
March 1990: Rambus is Incorporated
Partners:
Welcome to the Rambus Partner Pavilion. In this section you will find information on Rambus Component Partners and Rambus Developers. Rambus Partners work with Rambus engineering teams to refine and enhance Rambus-based component products. Rambus Developers work with Rambus to provide design and test tools and services to system design engineers developing Rambus memory systems. Be sure to check for components that have completed validation testing.
All of the components needed to support a Rambus memory system are available now, and most from multiple manufacturers. Check for availability information by contacting the Rambus Partners listed by component type. Rambus Partners supply the following components:
Rambus® DRAM Devices
Rambus® RIMMTM Modules
Rambus® RIMMTM Connectors
Direct RambusTM Clock Generator (DRCG) devices
Rambus® SO-RIMMTM Modules
Rambus® SO-RIMMTM Connectors
Application-Specific Standard Products (ASSP) Rambus Memory Controller Devices
Application-Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC)
Test Systems for Rambus DRAMs, RIMM Modules and Rambus Logic ICs
Partnerlinks:
www.rambus.com/developer/partner_asic.html
www.rambus.com/developer/partner_assp.html
www.rambus.com/developer/partner_connector_partners.html
www.rambus.com/developer/partner_foundry.html
www.rambus.com/developer/partner_ic_test.html
www.rambus.com/developer/partner_rcg.html
www.rambus.com/developer/partner_rdram.html
www.rambus.com/developer/partner_rimm.html
www.rambus.com/developer/partner_so_rimm.html