Patent War: Samsung settles dispute with Rambus

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Besides settling all the claims between them, ¬Samsung Electronics and Rambus have also signed an agreement licensing Rambus’ patent portfolio covering all Samsung semiconductor products including a perpetual fully paid-up license to certain current DRAM products. As per the agreement, US$200 million will be invested by Samsung in Rambus stock.

A memorandum of understanding (MOU) has also been sighed between the companies relating to a new generation of memory technologies.

The initial focus will be on graphics and mobile memory solutions. According to Harold Hughes, President and CEO of Rambus, bringing together Samsung’s market and technology leadership with their innovations for high-performance and high-efficiency memory architectures will make possible an exciting new generation of mobile, computing and consumer electronics products.