Infineon and Rambus settles all existing claims between the two companies and licensing the Rambus patent portfolio for use in current and future Infineon products. Rambus has granted to Infineon a worldwide license to existing and future Rambus patents and patent applications for use in Infineon memory products. In exchange, Infineon will pay a quarterly license fee of US-Dollar 5.85 million starting by November 15, 2005 through November 15, 2007. After November 15, 2007, and only if Rambus enters into additional specified licensing agreements with certain other DRAM manufacturers, Infineon will make additional quarterly payments which may accumulate up to a maximum of an additional US-Dollar 100 million. The agreement also provides Infineon an option for acquiring certain other licenses. Infineon has simultaneously granted to Rambus a fully-paid perpetual license for memory interfaces. In addition the companies have agreed to the immediate dismissal of all pending litigation and have released each other from all existing legal claims.