21.01.2010 06:20 Uhr, Quelle: Hardmac.com

Samsung to Pay Rambus 900 million USD...

In order to stop current lawsuits initiated constantly by Rambus, Samsung decided to pay 900 million USD. This jackpot will be splitted for 200 million USD in shares, 200 millions USD cash when the contract will be signed and then 25 million USD every semester for the next 5 years. For such price, Samsung will get unlimited access to Rambus patent portfolio, without requiring to pay additional fee for all technologies, especially RAM-related ones. In addition, both companies will work together to develop specific RAM types for mobile devices and GPU.  If the overall value might look huge, this is not much when looking at the cash generated by the RAM/flash memory activities run by Samsung. This is also a smart way to stop any legal actions, especially in USA where legal decisions can sometimes be synonym of multi-million or billion fines. Both companies will benefit, as Samsung will not have to invest too much in lawyers anymore (Rambus might then re-allocate lawyers to other RAM manufacturers)

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