- Tue May 22 2001 Micron-Rambus case to begin in October
The court reschedules Micron's high-stakes fraud and patent-infringement lawsuit against the memory designer so it can digest findings in a similar case involving chipmaker Infineon.
- Fri Apr 25 2003 Samsung investing $500 million in plant
The Korean company's Austin, Texas, chipmaking facilities will get the money, a strategy to prepare for an eventual upturn in the memory market.
- Mon Mar 21 2005 Rambus and Infineon reach settlement
Closely watched legal fight ends with a $47 million pact giving Infineon access to all Rambus memory chip patents.
- Wed Jun 19 2002 Rambus target of FTC antitrust suit
The Federal Trade Commission alleges that the memory-chip designer deliberately deceived the industry by not disclosing its patent plans to a standards body.
- Tue Feb 11 1997 Giving thanks for more memory
Dataquest is forecasting continued oversupply for the memory market this year.
- Wed Dec 6 2000 IBM, Infineon looking to shake up memory market
The companies are working together to develop a radical new memory chip that could hypothetically replace the many types of memory chips in use today.
- Fri Dec 16 2005 Start-up merges cell phone and PC into a handheld
Almost everyone has a cell phone and a notebook, but cPC says they will sell one box that does it all.
- Wed Dec 13 2000 Rambus seeks royalties from Nvidia
The chip designer expands its universe of potential lawsuits by asserting that Nvidia products infringe on Rambus patents.
- Tue Aug 24 2004 Japan fires up its semiconductor industry
Chipmakers are again investing heavily to avoid the mistakes of the 1990s. But can they compete with overseas rivals and avoid a glut?
- Tue Jul 11 2006 China gaining on U.S. chipmakers, CEO says
With semiconductor industry improving rapidly, country could achieve technological parity with U.S. in a few years.

