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Jan. 09, 2009 Patent Matters [Member] Rambus Patent Litigation Delaware [Member] integer | Aug. 28, 2000 Patent Matters [Member] Rambus Patent Litigation Delaware [Member] integer | Jan. 13, 2006 Patent Matters [Member] Rambus Patent Litigation Northern California [Member] integer | Jul. 08, 2011 Patent Matters [Member] Panavision Imaging Patent Litigation [Member] integer | Mar. 10, 2011 Patent Matters [Member] Panavision Imaging Patent Litigation [Member] integer | Feb. 07, 2011 Patent Matters [Member] Panavision Imaging Patent Litigation [Member] integer | Mar. 06, 2009 Patent Matters [Member] Panavision Imaging Patent Litigation [Member] integer | Sep. 01, 2011 Patent Matters [Member] HSM Portfolio LLC and Technology Properties LLC [Member] integer | Nov. 16, 2011 Patent Matters [Member] Advanced Data Access LLC [Member] integer | Sep. 09, 2011 Patent Matters [Member] Advanced Data Access LLC [Member] integer | Sep. 14, 2011 Patent Matters [Member] Smart Memory Solutions LLC [Member] integer | Dec. 05, 2011 Patent Matters [Member] Board Of Trustees For The University Of Illinois [Member] integer | Mar. 26, 2012 Patent Matters [Member] Semiconductor Technologies, LLC [Member] integer | Mar. 01, 2012 Antitrust Matters [Member] Rambus DRAM Complaint [Member] | Jul. 31, 2006 Antitrust Matters [Member] DRAM Purported Class Action Price-fixing Lawsuit [Member] integer | Mar. 01, 2012 Antitrust Matters [Member] DRAM Purported Class Action Price-fixing Lawsuit [Member] integer | Mar. 01, 2012 Antitrust Matters [Member] DRAM Purported Class Action Price-fixing Lawsuit [Member] | Jun. 23, 2010 Antitrust Matters [Member] DRAM Purported Class Action Price-fixing Lawsuit [Member] integer | Jun. 30, 2006 Antitrust Matters [Member] Canadian DRAM Putative Class Action Price-fixing Lawsuit [Member] integer | Mar. 23, 2012 Antitrust Matters [Member] Oracle Dram Price Fixing Suit [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Approximation of damages claimed |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 3,900,000,000 |  |  |  |  |  |
Number of lawsuits filed |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 68 |  |  | 3 |
Approximate number of U.S. states and territories filing suit |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 40 |  |  |  |  |
Settlement agreement amount |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 67,000,000 |  | 58,000,000
Settlement agreement number of installment payments |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3 |  |
Settlement agreement number of years for installment payments (in years) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2Y |  |
Amount paid into an escrow account in connection with settlement |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 45,000,000 |  |  |
Number of other defendants |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 17 |  | 7 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Alleged number of patents infringed |  | 12 | 14 |  |  |  | 4 | 2 | 2 |  | 1 | 3 | 5 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Court ruling patents unenforceable against us due to spoliation (number of patents) | 12 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Court ruling patents in suit was invalid for indefiniteness (number of patents) |  |  |  |  |  | 1 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Court ruling patents in suit dismissed with prejudice (number of patents) |  |  |  |  | 3 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Court ruling patents in suit was invalid for indefiniteness rescinded (number of patents) |  |  |  | 1 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |

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