Infineon Technologies and Rambus conclude broad licensing agreement

Infineon and Rambus have reached an agreement settling all claims between

them and licensing the Rambus patent portfolio for use in current and future

Infineon products. Rambus has granted Infineon a worldwide license to existing

and future Rambus patents and patent applications for use in Infineon memory

products.

In exchange, Infineon will pay a quarterly license fee of US $5.85 million

starting by November 15, 2005 through November 15, 2007. After that, and only if

Rambus enters into additional specified licensing agreements with certain other

DRAM manufacturers, Infineon will make additional quarterly payments, which may

accumulate up to a maximum of an additional $100 million.

The agreement also provides Infineon an option for acquiring certain other

licenses. All licenses provide for the company to be treated as a 'most-favored

customer' of Rambus.

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