Item 2.02 - Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

On January 24, 2013, Rambus Inc. ("the Company") issued a press release announcing results for the quarter and year ended December 31, 2012. A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this current report on Form 8-K and is incorporated by reference herein.

The information under Item 2.02 in this current report on Form 8-K and the exhibit attached hereto shall not be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act") or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing.

Item 9.01 - Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

99.1 Press release dated January 24, 2013.

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