ITC backs Rambus with 34-company probe

Peter Clarke, EETimes
1/3/2011 10:07 AM EST

LONDON – The United States International Trade Commission has announced that it will launch an investigation into various chips and memory controllers and products that contain them, including PC motherboards, modems, routers and computers, following a complaint filed by Rambus Inc.

Rambus was already pursuing six companies through the law courts alleging patent infringement but additonal companies cited as targets of the investigation include: Asus, Cisco, Garmin, Hewlett-Packard Hitachi GST, Motorola and Seagate as part of a list of 34 companies.

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