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Case 5:05-cv-00334-RMW

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Filed 01/09/2009

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WEIL, G©TSHAL& MANGES LL P SILICON VALLEY OFFIC E

AUSTIN BOSTON

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MATTHEW

January 9, 2009

D . POWERS

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WASHINGTON, D .C .

VIA E-FILING AND EMAIL Honorable Judge Ronald M . Whyte United States District Court Northern District of Californi a 280 S. 1 st Street, Courtroom 6 San Jose, CA 9511 3 Re:

Rambus, Inc . v. Hynix Semiconductor, Inc., et al., C 05-00334 ; Rambus, Inc . v. Micron Technology, Inc., et al., C 06-00244 ; Rambus, Inc . v. Samsung Electronics Co ., Ltd., et al., C 05-02298 .

Your Honor : Attached for your convenience are an Opinion and Order issued this morning by Judge Robinson of the District of Delaware in Micron Technology, Inc. v. Rambus Inc ., Civ. No. 00-792-SLR, ruling certain Rambus patents unenforceable . Samsung anticipates that it will file additional papers addressing the effect of this ruling on Samsung's pending spoliation claim, as well as on the upcoming January patent trial, and we intend to request a hearing on these issues next week . Respect y submitted

Matthew D. Powers, Esq. cc :

SHANGHAI SINGAPORE

Thomas S . Fletcher (by email) Gregory Stone, Esq . (by email) Peter A. Detre, Esq. (by email) Jared B. Bobrow, Esq . (by email) Theodore G . Brown, Esq . (by email) Robert E . Freitas, Esq. (by email )