Another nail in Crucial/Micron's coffin.

[Ice9]

See my edited post above. My post was not kind. Apologies.

No problem. Don't sweat it.

 

[Megatomic]

Originally posted by: Ice9

No problem. Don't sweat it.

Thanks, I've been trying to work on my "niceness" and this is a classic example of why I am doing that. 😱

 

[FishTankX]

Originally posted by: fkloster

Originally posted by: Vic
What I'm "trying to say" is this.
Rambus is a "patent bomb" company. They hide their patents from standards committees, vote to have their IP made into standard, then back-door everyone with royalties. Combine that deceit with then holding out on an alternative design to compete against the earlier one that they had made into a standard (and to thereby manipulate the market on the "standard"), and you have the make-up of a crooked company that I cannot and will not support.
They deserve to and NEED to lose. They have grossly abused the patent process. The purpose of patents is to compensate inventors and foster competition. A win for Rambus in this battle sets a precedent for intellectual monopoly and stagnation.

edit: so you've only been an investor in RMBS for 3 months but you're long-term?

And sure they're strong right now. Their competitors actually manufacture product and have fixed costs. A market downturn actually hurts them. Rambus just collects royalties.

Uh oh.....here comes trouble 🙂 ...Enlighten him Karl 🙂 (<--- begins rubbing hands together ala: Montgomery Burns)

Well, Fkloster, you have the looks of someone who has been wanting to beat the RAMBUS bashers back for a long time but, until now, lacked the knowledge and firepower to do it yourself. 😉

I on the other hand, look upon RAMBUS not as a company, but merely another type of memory and one that provided an excellent cost/performance ratio when I bought it. I will admit though, having the fastest is an exhilarating experience, is it not?

 

[FishTankX]

Question, Karl.

With sufficent modifications, could Team DDR modify DDR-II to the point where RAMBUS's patents would no longer apply? Thus leaving Team DDR with a royalty free sollution?

 

[FishTankX]

If so, would it be possible for the whole entire industry to shift to DDR-II thus leaving RAMBUS with nearly no royalty income?

 

[dexvx]

I think he means buy RMBS

And buy RMBS I shall.

 

[Idoxash]

All of you ppl should use what you want to use and just shut up about something you hate. Really when I was going to build this computer I could have gotten it around 200 US dollars cheaper but I went for RDRAM cause it's something differ, new, and is over all faster for P4/s. Also I messed with sdram, ddr and such for to many years and it's good to take a break fromt he same ol stuff. I've never been on a computer with RDRAM so this computer i'm building is one for my self and will be the first for RDRAM and from what I read i've got nothing to worry of. I don't care what ram company makes it big in the end as long as they keep putting out up todate and advance componets. The compnay that puts out the best in qul, stablness, newness and such is the one/s that will get my cash.

Other then that I'm glad Ice9 is letting ppl know of the real trueness about RDRAM and other RAM companys.

--Idoxash

 

[DAPUNISHER]

Originally posted by: NeilPeart
Fkloster,
Are you Ice9's official d*ck-sucker? 😉

Well it's quite evident you're Neil Pert's 😉

 

[Ice9]

Originally posted by: FishTankX
Question, Karl.

With sufficent modifications, could Team DDR modify DDR-II to the point where RAMBUS's patents would no longer apply? Thus leaving Team DDR with a royalty free sollution?

Not if they want to call it "DDR".

Rambus was doing the 2-instructions-per-clock-cycle thing since 1990, and it's patented. In fact, no judge has ever denied Rambus their patent claims to DDR (though infineon TRIED to get it covered during the initial SDRAM trial - but even judge payne denied the request).

 

[NeilPeart]

Well it's quite evident you're Neil Pert's

True 😉