| Micron,
co-defendants react to Rambus suit Micron said in a statement issued late Wednesday that although it had yet to see the suit filed in the Superior Court for the State of California, it believes the lawsuit is an attempt by Rambus to divert attention away from the Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) ongoing suit against Rambus for alleged antitrust violations. The other DRAM (dynamic RAM) vendors named in the Rambus suit are Hynix Semiconductor Inc., Infineon Technologies AG and Siemens AG. In the latest of a long series of Rambus lawsuits, the company contends that executives from the accused vendors colluded to keep Rambus' RDRAM (Rambus dynamic RAM) product -- designed as an alternative to conventional DRAM technology -- from becoming a mainstream memory technology by illegally setting cost parameters and restricting output in the hopes of inflating the price of RDRAM products. Rambus, in Los Altos, California, does not manufacture memory chips, but rather licenses its designs to other companies. Micron spokesman Dave Parker said in its statement that Rambus failed in the marketplace because of excessive manufacturing costs and minimal RDRAM demand. Parker said that a number of vendors continue to produce RDRAM products, though the worldwide demand remains limited, and added that Rambus is trying to blame the market failure of its RDRAM technology on others. That point was echoed by Infineon in a statement released on Wednesday. An Infineon spokeswoman
in Europe said Thursday that the company also plans a robust defense against the
new Rambus suit, while Siemens spokesman Thomas Weber said that the Munich-based
company could not comment on the lawsuit as it had yet to see it. Representatives
from Hynix Semiconductor, in Seoul, could not be reached for comment.
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