Rambus Seeks To Block NVIDIA Products

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Rambus is seeking an order from the U.S. International Trade Commission blocking the sale of some NVIDIA video cards the company claims infringes on nine patents. The commission is expected to decide within 30 days whether to launch an investigation.

Rambus General Counsel Tom Lavelle has said the companies discussed the dispute for six years without reaching a resolution. "We believe this action is necessary given Nvidia's continued willful infringement of our patents," he said in press release Thursday.
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Rambus needs to FUCKING DIE and be swept away with the rest of the dead tech that is hanging on for dear life. Yes I know they're still alive but but but... OFFS will you just die already?
 
I keep waiting for them to sue the thieving bastard who claims to have invented the wheel.
 
You mean these buttmunches are still around? Rambus! Do the world a favor and DIE!
 
Rambus, do the world a favor and go DIE, forever.
Seriously, nothing worse than IP holding companies.
 
RAMBUS must be running low on money again...
 
Rambus sucked when it came out this is the only way they can keep themselves alive.
 
According to Rambus, like every single memory technology since SDR that any company uses has infringed on their works. Did ATI already settle with them? They've been on with Nvidia for five six years or smth.
 
It'd almost be good to see a monetary collapse to watch them sink.
We can quickly recover after they are gone :)
 
Rambust in example of the mentality that caused this financial crisis in the first place.
 
I mean have they actually come out with ANY new technology since all this hub-hub popped up a couple years ago? I mean really I just seriously don't know. Never really cared that much to check. Seems the only time I hear their name is when they sue someone for infringing on some patent they hold.
 
I loved there RDRAM technology back when it helped us, now there just a pain in the ass it seems...
 
Rambus was definatly the superior technology back in the day, but only for like 8 months. They need to stop with this petty patent trolling bullshit and start developing some competing technology.
 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rambus

Read all about them. They are an IP holding company that pulled a bit of a stunt back in the day with lawsuits over sdr and ddr. Apparently they are still at it.

Whether this particular case actually has merit or not, you are going to feel some hate tossed their way for their past behaviors.
 
1. Invent (or claim to invent) something that's used nearly every day.
2. Sue everyone who uses that "something."
3. Profit!

While we're at it, I'm going to file for a patent on "relaxation breathing..."
 
This should cover it:
method for extracting elemental material from a gaseous medium.

Patent for breathing :D
 
RAMBUS, you suck.

Get away from business and work at McDonalds or something
 
Wait........if I use their way of thinking, Rambus is really screwed! God made the first memory technology (inside your head), so that mean Rambus is infringing!!

Headline: "Rambus gets sued by God"!!!! :D
 
Monkey34 said:
Wait........if I use their way of thinking, Rambus is really screwed! God made the first memory technology (inside your head), so that mean Rambus is infringing!!

Headline: "Rambus gets sued by God"!!!! :D
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Think we can get the Vatican to sue them on behalf of God?

Gotta love companies who's cash cow is litigation.
 
Heh, rambus is the cockroach everyone wants exterminated.
 
Mchart said:
Rambus was definatly the superior technology back in the day, but only for like 8 months. They need to stop with this petty patent trolling bullshit and start developing some competing technology.
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8 months? I think it was much longer then that.....?
 
“...we are confident in our ability to pursue our strategic objectives,” said Harold Hughes, president and chief executive officer at Rambus. “Foremost among these is our steadfast commitment to investments in breakthrough technology, and efforts to protect and be fully compensated for our patented inventions.”

http://www.rambus.com/us/news/press_releases/2008/081023.html

ROFL gotta change my underwear now.
 
maleficarus said:
It was a competitive alternative to DDR. Was actually faster then DDR and probably would have continued to be faster but Intel drop rambus support after the Pentium4 Willamette...
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It was faster if you bought the very fastest version, the others sucked royally and all ran so hot it was silly.
And the prices... !

I only know one person who bought a Rambus motherboard/Ram and he was very sore later when he wanted to upgrade his ram.
He ended up giving his kit away as it was cheaper to buy a different board/ram than to upgrade just his Rambus ram lol.
 
Nenu said:
It was faster if you bought the very fastest version, the others sucked royally and all ran so hot it was silly.
And the prices... !

I only know one person who bought a Rambus motherboard/Ram and he was very sore later when he wanted to upgrade his ram.
He ended up giving his kit away as it was cheaper to buy a different board/ram than to upgrade just his Rambus ram lol.
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I had a RDRAM setup. No, RDRAM was not hot by any means. They came with heat shields like today's DDR2/3 moduals. Prices, ya you're right about that as it was more exspensive. Nothing could match RDRAM performance though at the time.
 
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