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    MUNGER, TOLLES & OLSON LLP

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    1NRlTER'S DIRECT UNE


    (415) 512-4013
    (415) 644-6913 FAX
    Peter.Detre@mto.com
    The Honorable Ronald M. Whyte
    United States District Court
    for the Northern District of California
    280 South First Street, Courtroom Six
    San Jose, California 95113

    Re: Rambus v. Hynix. et ai.. Case No. C 05 00334 RMW;


    Rambus v. Samsung. et ai., Case No. C 05 02298 RMW;
    Rambus v. Micron. et ai., Case No. C 06 00244 RMW

    Dear Judge Whyte:

    This letter follows up on my letter of December 17,2008 and provides further detail
    regarding the ways in which the testimony of Robert Murphy could be affected by the Court's
    refinement of its construction of the term "memory device."

    As noted in my earlier letter, Mr. Murphy has previously opined that certain references
    relied on by the Manufacturers do not disclose "memory devices," even under the Court's prior
    construction. Mr. Murphy may, of course, testify to the opinions he has disclosed in his validity
    report. However, the Court's revised construction makes it even more clear that prior art
    memory boards and processing devices (such as memory controllers) are excluded from the
    category of "memory devices," and Mr. Murphy may point to the revised construction as support
    for this proposition. In particular, Mr. Murphy is of the opinion that the revised construction of
    "memory device" expressly excludes prior art memory boards (since it notes that a "memory
    device" is smaller) and expressly excludes processing devices (since it distinguishes "memory
    devices" from them).

    Of the alleged prior art that Mr. McAlexander has opined anticipates or renders obvious
    the asserted Rambus patent claims, the particular art to which the Court's revised construction of
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    MUNGER, TOLLES & OLSON LLP
    The Honorable Ronald M. Whyte
    December 23,2008
    Page 2

    memory device appears to be relevant is listed below. As also noted in my earlier letter, the
    extent to which Mr. Murphy may need to testify regarding this art is dependent on the outcome
    of Rambus's Motion in Limine No. 10 to Exclude Evidence or Argument Contrary to the Court's
    Construction of "Memory Device." As discussed in that motion, the Manufacturers' invalidity
    expert, Mr. McAlexander should not be permitted to testify that certain memory boards
    containing multiple memory chips constitute memory devices or that separate memory
    controllers constitute all or part of memory devices. If that motion is granted, Mr. Murphy will
    not need to respond on the topics raised in that motion.

    To the extent that the Manufacturers do introduce testimony that the references listed
    below describe memory devices, Mr. Murphy will express the opinion that they do not and may
    rely in part on the revised construction of "memory device" in responding as follows:

    • the MCV (memory control unit) in the iAPX references, either alone or in combination
    with separate memory chips, does not constitute a "memory device" because the MCV is
    a memory controller and it works with memory chips that are contained on prior art
    memory boards;

    • an SCI "node," alone or in combination with other chips, could not constitute a "memory
    device" because, as described in the SCI references, a node contains processing devices
    and/or prior art memory boards;

    • the memories referred to in the Bennett patent do not constitute memory devices because
    they are prior art memory boards:

    • the CVAX memory controller, alone or in combination with separate memory chips, does
    not constitute a "memory device" because it is a memory controller and the memory
    chips that work with the CVAX memory controller are included in up to four separate
    prior art memory boards;

    • the Bowater memory controller, alone or in combination with separate memory chips,
    does not constitute a "memory device" because it is a memory controller and the memory
    chips of Bowater are included in prior art memory boards;

    Finally, there are three other references that Mr. Murphy had previously distinguished in
    part based on the fact that they involve processors rather than memory - Deering, which Mr.
    Murphy opines is directed to a graphics processor; and Stewart and Johnson, which Mr. Murphy
    opines are directed to CPVs. Mr. Murphy could point to the Court's express exclusion of
    processing devices from the category of memory devices in support of these opinions also.

    Rambus reserves the right to supplement this letter if any of the opinions expressed in the
    anticipated supplemental report from Mr. McAlexander relating to the construction of "memory
    device" requires a further response from Mr. Murphy.

    6658094.1
    MUNGER. TOLLES & OLSON LLP
    The Honorable Ronald M. Whyte
    December 23,2008
    Page 3

    Peter A. Detre
    /o/P
    cc: Matthew D. Powers, Esq. (by email)
    Theodore G. Brown, Esq. (by email)
    Jared B. Bobrow, Esq. (by email)
    Steven S. Cherensky, Esq. (by email)
    Robert E. Freitas, Esq. (by email)

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