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titan3

04/14/03 4:29 PM

#97381 RE: Jerry Olson #97380

DJ Rambus Earnings -2: 2Q Financial Table, Comment >RMBS

Rambus Inc. - Los Altos, Calif. 2nd Quar March 31: 2003 2002 Revenue $28,079,000 $23,531,000 Net income a 5,069,000 6,748,000 Avg shrs (diluted) 100,785,000 102,945,000 Shr earns Net income a .05 .07 a. Includes a pretax gain of $1.2 million resulting from Rambus' divestiture in NurLogic Design Inc.

Rambus (RMBS) is a provider of chip-to-chip interfaces and services.

The second-quarter results include $3.3 million in contract revenue, up 90% from the same period last year. Royalty revenue rose 14% to $24.8 million. Costs and expenses increased by $4.7 million from last year because of increases in litigation costs, research and development costs and the cost of contract revenue.

Litigation expenses rose due to Rambus' antitrust case in front of the Federal Trade Commission. The FTC has filed a complaint versus Rambus regarding its patents for high-speed memory chips.

Rambus' shares closed Monday up 2.1%, or 32 cents, at $15.76.
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ajtj99

04/14/03 4:42 PM

#97389 RE: Jerry Olson #97380

The close today was right in between the 50% and .618 re-trace off the 904 high to the 862 low. Above 887 we set up a test of the high 890's possibly.

The 200 SMA has been surpassed, but the 200EMA is still out there and unmolested:

http://stockcharts.com/def/servlet/SC.web?c=$SPX,uu[h,a]daclyyay[pb20!b50!b200!c13!c20!c50!i!d20,2!c...

Upper BB at 892 may be a target also on the daily.