Development Agreement
January 6, 2003
CONFIDENTIAL
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DEVELOPMENT
AGREEMENT
BY AND AMONG
SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT, INC.
AND TOSHIBA CORPORATION
AND
RAMBUS INC.
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Development Agreement
January 6, 2003
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SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS.........................................................2
1.1 Rambus Interface Technology.........................................2
1.2 Redwood Rambus Interface Technology.................................2
1.3 Rambus Interface Specification......................................2
1.4 Redwood Rambus Interface Specification..............................2
1.5 Compatible..........................................................2
1.6 Yellowstone Rambus Interface Technology.............................2
1.7 Yellowstone Rambus Interface Specification..........................3
1.8 Yellowstone Rambus DRAM.............................................3
1.9 Other Agreements....................................................3
1.10 [*] Product.........................................................3
1.11 Broadband Engine....................................................3
1.12 Confidential Information............................................3
1.13 Redwood RAC.........................................................3
1.14 Yellowstone RAC.....................................................3
1.15 RAC Test Chip.......................................................3
1.16 Control.............................................................3
1.17 Subsidiary..........................................................4
1.18 Affiliate...........................................................4
1.19 Effective Date......................................................4
SECTION 2. TECHNOLOGY IMPLEMENTATION AND PROMOTION.............................4
2.1 Technology Implementation Deliverables..............................4
2.2 RACs................................................................4
2.3 Yellowstone RMC.....................................................5
2.4 Connector Designs...................................................5
2.5 Package Designs.....................................................6
2.6 [*] Test Chip.......................................................6
2.7 Consultation Obligations of Rambus..................................6
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2.8 Use of Yellowstone Technology and Redwood Technology in
Broadband Engine....................................................6
2.9 Liaison.............................................................7
2.10 Use Restrictions....................................................7
2.11 Disclaimer..........................................................7
2.12 Certain Termination.................................................8
2.13 Escrow..............................................................8
SECTION 3. DEVELOPMENT FEES....................................................9
3.1 Development Fees....................................................9
3.2 Withholding Taxes..................................................13
SECTION 4. CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION...........................................14
4.1 Confidential Information...........................................14
4.2 Confidentiality....................................................15
4.3 Exceptions.........................................................16
4.4 Residuals..........................................................17
4.5 Additional Responsibilities........................................17
4.6 Subsidiaries.......................................................17
SECTION 5. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY OWNERSHIP AND INDEMNIFICATION................18
5.1 Ownership..........................................................18
5.2 Rambus Indemnification Disclaimer..................................18
5.3 Toshiba Indemnification Disclaimer.................................19
5.4 SCE Indemnification Disclaimer.....................................19
SECTION 6. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY............................................19
SECTION 7. TERM AND TERMINATION...............................................20
7.1 Term...............................................................20
7.2 Termination........................................................20
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7.3 Survival...........................................................21
SECTION 8. GOVERNING LAW, DISPUTE RESOLUTION..................................22
8.1 Governing Law......................................................22
8.2 Dispute Resolution.................................................22
SECTION 9. MISCELLANEOUS......................................................23
9.1 Confidentiality of Agreement............................. .........23
9.2 Assignment.........................................................24
9.3 No Conflicts.......................................................24
9.4 Authority..........................................................24
9.5 Notices............................................................24
9.6 Electronic Transfers...............................................25
9.7 Export Controls....................................................25
9.8 Partial Invalidity.................................................26
9.9 No Third Party Beneficiaries.......................................26
9.10 Counterparts.......................................................27
9.11 Relationship of Parties............................................27
9.12 Modification.......................................................27
9.13 Waiver.............................................................27
9.14 Government Approvals...............................................27
9.15 Section Headings and Language......................................28
9.16 Ambiguities........................................................28
9.17 Force Majeure......................................................28
9.18 Currency...........................................................28
9.19 Entire Agreement...................................................28
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Development Agreement
January 6, 2003
DEVELOPMENT
AGREEMENT
This Development Agreement (the "Agreement") is entered into as of the Effective Date, by and among Rambus Inc., a Delaware corporation with principal offices at 4440 El Camino Real, Los Altos, California 94022, U.S.A. ("Rambus"); and Toshiba Corporation, a Japanese corporation with principal offices at 1-1 Shibaura 1-chome, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-8001 Japan ("Toshiba") and Sony Computer Entertainment Inc., a Japanese corporation with principal offices at 1-1 Akasaka 7-chome, Minato-ku, Tokyo 107-0052 Japan ("SCE").
WHEREAS, SCE and Toshiba have entered into a joint development agreement (the "[*] Agreement") with [*] to develop a broadband microprocessor (designated as the "Broadband Engine") for a [*] product;
WHEREAS, Rambus has developed and is developing certain logic-to-logic interface technology currently designated by Rambus as "Redwood Rambus Interface Technology," and certain logic-to-memory interface technology currently designated by Rambus as "Yellowstone Rambus Interface Technology ";
WHEREAS, together with this Agreement, Toshiba and Rambus are entering into a Redwood and Yellowstone Semiconductor Technology License Agreement of even date hereof (the "Toshiba License Agreement");
WHEREAS, together with this Agreement, SCE (together with its parent company, SONY Corporation) and Rambus are entering into a Redwood and Yellowstone Semiconductor Technology License Agreement of even date hereof (the "SONY License Agreement"); and
WHEREAS, the parties desire to cooperate with each other to enable SCE and Toshiba (and [*] as SCE's sublicensee) to implement Rambus' Redwood Rambus Interface Technology and Yellowstone Rambus Interface Technology as the bus interfaces in and with the Broadband Engine (and related [*] designed to [*] to the [*] on the terms and conditions set forth herein;