Martin Scott Joins Rambus as Senior Vice President of Engineering

Veteran technologist brings 25 years of engineering leadership and development experience

Los Altos, California, United States  - January 18, 2007 -- Rambus Inc. (Nasdaq:RMBS), one of the world's premier technology licensing companies specializing in high-speed chip interfaces, today announced that Martin Scott has joined the Company as Senior Vice President of Engineering, reporting directly to CEO Harold Hughes. Dr. Scott will be responsible for the development and deployment of Rambus’ high-speed architectures. He replaces Samir Patel who recently left Rambus after 16 years with the Company. In addition, Dr. Scott was elected as an Officer of the Company by the Rambus Board of Directors.

“As a seasoned engineering leader, Martin is a great addition to our world-class team of engineers and scientists,” said Hughes. “His deep operational experience will prove invaluable to expanding our capabilities to provide leading-edge products and services for our customers.”

Dr. Scott joins Rambus from PMC-Sierra where he was most recently Vice President and General Manager of its Microprocessor Products Division. While at PMC-Sierra, he was instrumental in managing the integration of the I/O Solutions Division acquired from Avago Technologies. Prior to PMC-Sierra, Dr. Scott was the Vice President and General Manager for I/O Solutions at Agilent Technologies. Dr. Scott started his career in 1981 as a member of the technical staff at Hewlett Packard Laboratories before holding various management positions at HP and being appointed ASIC Business Unit Manager in 1998. He earned his Bachelor’s degree at Rice University and holds both a master’s degree and PhD from Stanford University.

About Rambus Inc.

Rambus is one of the world's premier technology licensing companies specializing in the invention and design of high-speed chip interfaces. Since its founding in 1990, the Company's patented innovations, breakthrough technologies and renowned integration expertise have helped industry-leading chip and system companies bring superior products to market. Rambus' technology and products solve customers' most complex chip and system-level interface challenges enabling unprecedented performance in computing, communications and consumer electronics applications. Rambus licenses both its world-class patent portfolio as well as its family of leadership and industry-standard interface products. Headquartered in Los Altos, California, Rambus has regional offices in North Carolina, India, Germany, Japan, Korea and Taiwan. Additional information is available at www.rambus.com.