Nickname: david

Review: Rambus is the victim here. Micron has basically purchased the ftc, with their hiring of ftc employees to the law firms micron pays big fees to. Patent are the i/p of Rambus, case closed. FTC is corrupt, FTC will do whatever Micron tells them to do. Trust me, FTC is a joke.

Date reviewed: Nov 2, 2006 10:10 AM

Nickname: Peter

Review: This seems to me another case where legislation is skewed in favor of patent holders at the expense of the rest of the world. Rambus is allowed to establish a monopoly where chip companies have to pay through their nose for monopolistic and much too wide patents and its victims are not allowed to defend themselves.

Date reviewed: Jun 7, 2006 6:52 PM

Nickname: jimbo

Review: If the following six conditions are met: 1. At the time the corporation comes forward to report the illegal activity, the Division has not received information about the illegal activity being reported from any other source; 2. The corporation, upon its discovery of the illegal activity being reported, took prompt and effective action to terminate its part in the activity; 3. The corporation reports the wrongdoing with candor and completeness and provides full, continuing and complete cooperation to the Division throughout the investigation; 4. The confession of wrongdoing is truly a corporate act, as opposed to isolated confessions of individual executives or officials; 5. Where possible, the corporation makes restitution to injured parties; and 6. The corporation did not coerce another party to participate in the illegal activity and clearly was not the leader in, or originator of, the activity. Micron via e-mails was originator and DOJ should revoke immunity and charge.

Date reviewed: Jun 4, 2006 11:33 PM

Nickname: jimbo

Review: Good article--one major point. DOJ gave immunity to Micron and charged Hynix and Samsung -- both fines, and executives went to jail. It is now clear Micron was the leader. See next comment:

Date reviewed: Jun 4, 2006 11:27 PM

Nickname: Mikamo

Review: Good article. It is unbelievable that companies Micron, Samsung, and Hynix would try to eliminate Rambus, which has been so innovative in the technology world. Also, I don't understand the FTC. They should drop their case. If you want a great story check Micron's connection to Congressman Butch Otter(Micron's home state). Congressman Otter sits on a subcommitte with oversight on the FTC...Now that the truth is coming out and Micron lied, the FTC does not know what to do. Well they need to come clean and tell the American public we investigated the wrong company and were misled by Micron on the facts. Thanks again

Date reviewed: Jun 4, 2006 1:55 PM

Nickname: edlee19

Review: Rambus has not been found guilty of stealing anyone's patents. The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) wrote that Judge Payne of Virginia erred in every single one of his claim constructions. The FTC administrative law judge ruled in favor of Rambus. On the contrary, Hynix has been found by a court of law to infringe Rambus patents. The prices for SDRAM and DDR DRAM were artifically lowered by members of the memory cartel until Intel dropped support for RDRAM. Then, conincidentally, the price of DDR DRAM skyrocketed due to the price fixing to which members of the memory cartel have already pled guilty. Some of the people mentioned in the e-mails released by Rambus have pled guilty and have been sentenced to prison. See http://www.usdoj.gov/atr/public/press_releases/2006/215199.htm.

Date reviewed: Jun 4, 2006 5:49 AM

Nickname: jrounds

Review: You all seem to forget that it was an overprice propriety standard that had to be installed in pairs with blanks in empty slots. Even if there was price fixing it only helped the inevitable that it would fail.

Date reviewed: Jun 1, 2006 8:08 PM

Nickname: LongUSA

Review: Justice Emerging Timeline: 1990: Founders invent and patent fundamental technologies for high speed interfaces now used in SDRAM, DDR, DDR2, DDR3, GDDR, XDR, Cell, etc. 1992: Memory industry realizes unavoidability of patents 1996: Memory companies try to trick RMBS via JEDEC into relinquishing patent rights. RMBS catches on does not fall for it. 1998: Intel decides to standardize on RDRAM due to superiority 1999: Memory co's start conspiracy to kill RDRAM and RMBS to avoid patent royalties 2002: FTC to help in the kill plan 2004: FTC findings overturned in favor of RMBS 2005: Memory co's found guilty and go to jail for price fixing 2006: RMBS gets verdict of i) patents valid, ii) Hynix infringed 2006: E-mails released starting to reveal the extent of criminal activity against it Net net: RMBS finally starting to see justice after 16 years.

Date reviewed: Jun 1, 2006 8:03 PM

Nickname: Chuck

Review: Arik, finally a story about the truth! It's about time that the media dispelled all the rumors that Rambus was the bad guy. They have superior tech. DRAM manufacturers know it and don't want to lose control (nor pay royalties). They tried to bury Rambus with litigation (Hynix and MU sued Rambus not the other way around), tried to sick the FTC on them (thanks to MU connections to Cong. "Butch" Ottter). Too bad most believed the trash the cartel was putting out and still do, unfortunately. But, these e-mails say it clearly! Thanks, again.

Date reviewed: Jun 1, 2006 6:56 PM

Nickname: Aubrey Armistead

Review: I have been a holder and believer in this stock for several years and believe I can now look forward to a stock that moves according to earnings rather than trials. Aubrey

Date reviewed: Jun 1, 2006 6:53 PM