(d) Effective August 29, 2012, the Board of Directors (the "Board") of Tessera Technologies, Inc. (the "Company") appointed Mr. Richard S. Hill and Dr. Timothy J. Stultz as members of the Board. Mr. Hill and Dr. Stultz will receive the compensation the Company provides to non-employee directors, which is described in the Company's Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 17, 2012. The Company will enter into an indemnification agreement with each of Mr. Hill and Dr. Stultz in the form attached as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed on September 4, 2003.

Effective August 29, 2012, the Board approved an amendment to the Company's Amended and Restated Bylaws to increase the size of the Board from six (6) persons to eight (8) persons.

The preceding discussion of the Company's amendment to its Amended and Restated Bylaws is qualified by the text of the amendment, which is filed as Exhibit 3.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated by reference herein.

On August 29, 2012, the Company issued a press release announcing the appointment of Mr. Hill and Dr. Stultz as members of the Board, a copy of which is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated by reference herein.

The information contained in Item 7.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K, including Exhibit 99.1 attached hereto, shall not be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act"), nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Exchange Act.

(d) Exhibits.

Exhibit
No.         Description

3.1          Amendment to the Amended and Restated Bylaws, dated August 29, 2012

99.1        Press Release, dated August 29, 2012