Rumors on Wednesday cited Sun Microsystems as a potential acquirer of Rambus. Sun develops its own microchips, the UltraSPARC family, for its servers and recently said it would sell its chips to other computer makers. It's possible Sun could use Rambus' memory interfacing technology designs in its SPARC family. But analysts said it was not clear what the immediate benefit would be for Sun, nor was it apparent why any company would want to buy Rambus, which is entrenched in litigation. Meanwhile, Rambus continues to develop new memory technologies; its chip designs are used in the Sony PlayStation3
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