Rambus

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Rambus is a technology company that designs, develops, and licenses chip interface technologies and architectures that are used in digital electronics products. The company also licenses its leadership architectures and chip interfaces for use in semiconductor and system products.

TypePublic
Founded1990
HQSan Jose, USMap
Websiterambus.com
Employee Ratings3.4More
Overall CultureA-More
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Employees (est.) (Dec 2019)685(-13%)
Job Openings20
Revenue (FY, 2019)$224 M(-3%)
Share Price (Nov 2020)$15.4 (+2%)
Cybersecurity ratingAMore

Key People/Management at Rambus

Luc Seraphin

Luc Seraphin

President, Chief Executive Officer & Director
Sean Fan

Sean Fan

SVP & COO
Charles Kissner

Charles Kissner

Chairman of the Board
Jae Kim

Jae Kim

SVP & General Counsel
Rahul Mathur

Rahul Mathur

SVP & Chief Financial Officer
Jeffry Moore

Jeffry Moore

SVP, Global Operations
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Rambus Office Locations

Rambus has offices in San Jose, Agoura Hills, Beaverton, Chapel Hill and in 13 other locations
San Jose, US (HQ)
4453 N 1st St #100
Agoura Hills, US
30301 Agoura Rd #120
Beaverton, US
1100 NW Compton Dr Ste 100
Chapel Hill, US
1512 E Franklin St #200
San Francisco, US
425 Market Street, 425 Market St, San Francisco
Westminster, US
5455 Garden Grove Blvd #300
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Rambus Financials and Metrics

Rambus Revenue

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Rambus's revenue was reported to be $224.03 m in FY, 2019
USD

Revenue (Q3, 2020)

16.6m

Market capitalization (12-Nov-2020)

1.8b

Closing stock price (12-Nov-2020)

15.4

Cash (30-Sept-2020)

89.5m

EV

1.9b
Rambus's current market capitalization is $1.8 b.
Annual
USDFY, 2010FY, 2011FY, 2012FY, 2013FY, 2014FY, 2015FY, 2016FY, 2017FY, 2018FY, 2019

Revenue

323.4m312.4m234.1m271.5m296.6m296.3m336.6m393.1m231.2m224.0m

Revenue growth, %

9%0%14%

Cost of goods sold

6.9m24.1m28.4m33.2m41.9m45.3m67.1m55.4m18.3m27.2m

Gross profit

316.5m288.3m205.7m238.3m254.6m250.9m269.5m337.7m212.9m196.9m
Quarterly
USDQ2, 2010Q3, 2010Q1, 2011Q2, 2011Q3, 2011Q1, 2012Q2, 2012Q3, 2012Q1, 2013Q2, 2013Q3, 2013Q1, 2014Q2, 2014Q3, 2014Q1, 2015Q2, 2015Q3, 2015Q1, 2016Q2, 2016Q3, 2016Q1, 2017Q2, 2017Q3, 2017Q1, 2018Q2, 2018Q3, 2018Q1, 2019Q2, 2019Q3, 2019Q1, 2020Q2, 2020Q3, 2020

Revenue

38.9m31.7m62.5m66.2m100.3m62.9m56.2m57.5m66.9m57.9m73.3m78.3m76.5m69.7m72.9m72.8m73.8m72.7m76.5m89.9m97.4m94.7m99.1m46.4m56.5m59.8m48.4m58.3m57.4m64.0m17.0m16.6m

Cost of goods sold

1.8m1.4m3.1m6.1m7.4m7.2m7.3m7.5m5.2m7.4m9.0m10.0m10.6m10.5m10.8m12.1m11.1m12.2m14.1m19.4m19.7m14.3m14.5m12.1m11.1m5.4m4.4m6.3m7.1m15.9m

Gross profit

37.1m30.4m59.4m60.2m92.8m55.7m48.9m50.0m61.6m50.6m64.3m68.3m65.9m59.2m62.2m60.7m62.7m60.5m62.4m70.4m77.6m80.4m84.7m34.3m45.4m54.4m44.0m52.0m50.3m48.1m

Gross profit Margin, %

95%96%95%91%93%89%87%87%92%87%88%87%86%85%85%83%85%83%82%78%80%85%85%74%80%91%91%89%88%75%
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Annual
USDFY, 2010FY, 2011FY, 2012FY, 2013FY, 2014FY, 2015FY, 2016FY, 2017FY, 2018FY, 2019

Cash

215.3m162.2m149.0m338.7m154.1m143.8m135.3m225.8m115.9m102.2m

Accounts Receivable

2.6m1.0m529.0k2.3m6.0m16.4m21.1m25.9m50.9m44.0m

Prepaid Expenses

10.9m8.1m10.5m8.3m8.5m11.5m11.3m15.7m18.5m

Inventories

5.6m5.2m6.8m10.1m
Quarterly
USDQ2, 2010Q3, 2010Q1, 2011Q2, 2011Q3, 2011Q1, 2012Q2, 2012Q3, 2012Q1, 2013Q2, 2013Q3, 2013Q1, 2014Q2, 2014Q3, 2014Q1, 2015Q2, 2015Q3, 2015Q1, 2016Q2, 2016Q3, 2016Q1, 2017Q2, 2017Q3, 2017Q1, 2018Q2, 2018Q3, 2018Q1, 2019Q2, 2019Q3, 2019Q1, 2020Q2, 2020Q3, 2020

Cash

334.5m218.2m182.2m179.8m160.8m188.5m152.6m152.2m157.2m155.3m308.0m346.6m99.6m125.7m171.6m201.5m216.6m136.6m188.0m89.5m177.5m167.2m182.3m122.4m248.3m134.5m143.0m114.2m91.8m175.4m103.3m89.5m

Accounts Receivable

244.0k155.0k389.0k1.4m917.0k728.0k113.0k452.0k60.0k1.0m1.6m7.8m12.5m5.1m6.5m6.7m10.3m14.6m11.3m26.4m27.4m36.8m49.8m26.7m39.3m42.7m43.8m28.2m38.6m44.4m35.2m33.0m

Prepaid Expenses

10.4m12.1m11.0m10.4m10.1m7.0m7.3m9.8m9.0m8.7m6.0m8.8m7.3m8.0m10.1m9.7m10.9m13.0m13.0m22.2m12.7m12.3m11.0m16.8m14.5m14.4m16.9m9.4m9.8m17.1m18.0m16.2m

Inventories

5.8m5.3m5.0m5.6m6.0m6.3m8.2m9.3m9.9m9.8m11.6m14.2m
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Annual
USDFY, 2010FY, 2011FY, 2012FY, 2013FY, 2014FY, 2015FY, 2016FY, 2017FY, 2018FY, 2019

Net Income

150.9m(43.1m)(134.3m)(33.7m)26.2m211.4m6.8m(22.9m)(158.0m)(90.4m)

Depreciation and Amortization

10.1m11.9m13.2m44.4m40.2m37.5m50.1m55.2m40.1m

Inventories

1.7m473.0k(1.9m)(3.4m)

Accounts Payable

(3.8m)10.5m(9.7m)(1.5m)2.0m(2.6m)2.4m(651.0k)(2.3m)2.9m
Quarterly
USDQ2, 2010Q3, 2010Q1, 2011Q2, 2011Q3, 2011Q1, 2012Q2, 2012Q3, 2012Q1, 2013Q2, 2013Q3, 2013Q1, 2014Q2, 2014Q3, 2014Q1, 2015Q2, 2015Q3, 2015Q1, 2016Q2, 2016Q3, 2016Q1, 2017Q2, 2017Q3, 2017Q1, 2018Q2, 2018Q3, 2018Q1, 2019Q2, 2019Q3, 2019Q1, 2020Q2, 2020Q3, 2020

Net Income

138.4m117.8m(4.2m)(14.8m)(14.3m)(27.9m)(60.1m)(118.2m)(10.4m)(18.2m)(24.0m)7.8m12.8m18.4m9.5m16.4m198.4m1.9m5.8m10.3m3.0m5.6m13.3m(35.7m)(51.0m)(155.9m)(26.6m)(63.6m)(80.9m)(8.0m)(18.8m)(31.5m)

Depreciation and Amortization

4.9m7.2m2.8m5.5m8.6m3.1m6.4m9.6m3.8m7.7m33.0m10.3m20.5m30.6m9.5m18.9m28.3m10.7m6.0m9.4m13.9m27.7m10.0m2.9m24.8m32.5m4.8m9.9m16.2m12.0m23.9m34.7m

Inventories

(208.0k)304.0k617.0k(595.0k)(1.0m)(1.3m)(1.4m)(2.6m)(3.1m)238.0k(1.5m)(4.1m)

Accounts Payable

(325.0k)(2.4m)4.1m6.2m12.6m(9.6m)(8.5m)(9.2m)(2.2m)(865.0k)(399.0k)749.0k756.0k425.0k(965.0k)(1.9m)(1.0m)266.0k2.2m2.3m(978.0k)(396.0k)(2.8m)(1.5m)(798.0k)153.0k2.2m1.1m4.8m416.0k1.7m1.1m
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USDQ2, 2010

Financial Leverage

1.7 x
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Rambus Operating Metrics

FY, 2014Q1, 2015Q2, 2015Q3, 2015FY, 2015Q1, 2016Q2, 2016Q3, 2016FY, 2016Q1, 2017

Patents Issued

1.78 k1.76 k1.77 k1.80 k1.83 k1.87 k1.88 k1.97 k1.99 k2.03 k

Patents Pending

710 662 674 705 681 671 634 631 646 593
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Rambus Revenue Breakdown

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Rambus revenue breakdown by business segment: 71.3% from Memory and Interface Division, 22.6% from Rambus Security Division and 6.1% from Other

Rambus Cybersecurity Score

Cybersecurity ratingPremium dataset

A

92/100

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Rambus Environment, Social & Governance (ESG) Ratings

CSRHub ESG ratingPremium dataset

40-49

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Rambus Online and Social Media Presence

Rambus's Trends

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Rambus Company Culture

  • Overall Culture

    A-

    83/100

  • CEO Rating

    A+

    87/100

  • Compensation

    A+

    89/100

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Rambus News and Updates

October 22, 2019

Visa completes acquisition of Rambus payments portfolio

Visa announced that it has completed the acquisition of the token services and ticketing businesses,...
July 29, 2019

Rambus stock falls after quarter comes up short

Rambus Inc. shares dropped in the extended session Monday after the chip company's results fell short of Wall Street estimates. Rambus shares fell 9.2% after hours, following a 0.7% decline in the regular session to close at $12.89. The company reported a second-quarter loss of $37 million, or 33 c…
June 25, 2019

Visa buys Rambus tokenisation assets

Visa is beefing up its security credentials by buying the token services and ticketing business of c...
April 22, 2019

Rambus stock falls after reporting first-quarter loss

Rambus Inc. shares dove as much as 12% in after-hours trading Monday after the semiconductor company reported first-quarter losses. Rambus reported a net loss of $26.6 million, or 24 cents a share, on revenue of $48.4 million, up from $46.4 million a year ago. After adjusting for stock-based compen…
January 28, 2019

Rambus shares fall following earnings report

Rambus Inc. shares fell in the extended session Monday after the chip company reported its earnings for the fourth quarter. Rambus shares fell 6% after hours, following a 0.9% decline to close the regular session at $8.82. The company reported a fourth-quarter loss of $2 million, or 2 cents a share…
December 11, 2018

Semiconductor IP Global Market 2018-2025: Arm Limited, Cadence, Synopsys, CEVA, Rambus, Mentor Graphics

Wiseguyreports.Com Publish New Market Research Report On -“Semiconductor IP Market - Global Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Trends, Growth and Forecast 2018 - 2025” Posted via Industry Today. Follow us on Twitter @IndustryToday
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Rambus Blogs

November 19, 2020

The Ultimate Guide to HBM2E Implementation & Selection

This is the most comprehensive guide to selecting and implementing a HBM2E memory IP interface solution. Recently, Frank Ferro and Joseph Rodriguez, Senior Directors Product Management at Rambus, hosted a webinar in our virtual Design Summit discussing about HBM2 and HBM2E memory technology. There’s…
November 17, 2020

CryptoManager Root of Trust for FPGAs Product Brief

The CryptoManager Root of Trust for FPGAs is a fully-programmable embedded FIPS 140-2 certified hardware security Root of Trust co-processor integrated in programmable logic. The CryptoManager Root of Trust for FPGAs is a siloed hardware security block, offering secure execution of user applications…
November 16, 2020

Rambus Offers MIPI Controller Support for Xilinx LogiCORE D-PHY with 2.5 Gbps/Lane

The Rambus’ CSI-2 Tx/Rx Controller Cores and DSI-2 Host/Peripheral Cores with support of up to 2.5 Gbps/lane is available with the LogiCORE D-PHY on Kintex and Zynq Ultrascale+ devices. With the highest D-PHY lane rates available in any FPGA, the Rambus MIPI Controllers are high performance, high qu…
November 12, 2020

Rambus Initiates Accelerated Share Repurchase Program

SAN JOSE, Calif. – November 12, 2020 – Rambus Inc. (NASDAQ: RMBS), a premier silicon IP and chip provider making data faster and safer, today announced it has initiated an accelerated share repurchase program with Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch as counterparty, through its agent Deutsche Bank Secur…
November 10, 2020

Rambus and the OCP: Tackling Cloud Data Security with a Hardware Root of Trust

Founded in 2009, the Open Compute Project (OCP) is a collaborative community focused on redesigning hardware technology to efficiently support the growing demands on compute infrastructure. More recently, the OCP formed a security working group to tackle the formidable challenges of data security in…
November 05, 2020

Protocol-IP-63 Multi-channel AES-GCM Engine Product Brief

The Protocol-IP-63 (EIP-63) is a scalable high-performance, multi-channel cryptographic engine that offers AES-GCM operations as well as AES-CTR and GMAC on bulk data. Its flexible data path is suitable to scale from 100 Gbps to 2.4 Tbps to provide a tailored engine with minimal area for application…
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 Rambus Frequently Asked Questions

  • When was Rambus founded?

    Rambus was founded in 1990.

  • Who are Rambus key executives?

    Rambus's key executives are Luc Seraphin, Sean Fan and Charles Kissner.

  • How many employees does Rambus have?

    Rambus has 685 employees.

  • What is Rambus revenue?

    Latest Rambus annual revenue is $224 m.

  • What is Rambus revenue per employee?

    Latest Rambus revenue per employee is $327 k.

  • Who are Rambus competitors?

    Competitors of Rambus include ATEN, Alpha & Omega Semiconductor and Synaptics.

  • Where is Rambus headquarters?

    Rambus headquarters is located at 4453 N 1st St #100, San Jose.

  • Where are Rambus offices?

    Rambus has offices in San Jose, Agoura Hills, Beaverton, Chapel Hill and in 13 other locations.

  • How many offices does Rambus have?

    Rambus has 20 offices.