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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000899243-18-026116
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20181001
FILED AS OF DATE:		20181003
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20181003

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			KISSNER CHARLES
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001188095

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-22339
		FILM NUMBER:		181106667

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		170 ROSE ORCHARD WAY
		CITY:			SAN JOSE
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			95134

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			RAMBUS INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000917273
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SEMICONDUCTORS & RELATED DEVICES [3674]
		IRS NUMBER:				943112828
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1050 ENTERPRISE WAY, SUITE 700
		CITY:			SUNNYVALE
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			94089
		BUSINESS PHONE:		408-462-8000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1050 ENTERPRISE WAY, SUITE 700
		CITY:			SUNNYVALE
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			94089
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        <footnote id="F1">The shares are represented by restricted stock units, or RSUs, all of which vest October 1, 2019 or the first business day thereafter. Each RSU represents the contingent right to receive one share of RMBS common stock.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">The sale reported on this Form 4 was effected pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted by the Reporting Person on November 28, 2017.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">The sale price reported in Column 4 of Table 1 represents the weighted average sale price of the shares sold ranging from $10.53 to $10.625. Upon request by the Commission Staff, the Issuer, or a security holder of the Issuer, the Reporting Person will provide full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price within the ranges set forth in footnotes (3) and (5) to this Form 4.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">The shares are held directly by Kissner and Associates LLC for which the Reporting Person serves as the owner of the company.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F5">The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $10.63 to $10.675, inclusive.</footnote>
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    <remarks>Exhibit 24- Power of Attorney</remarks>

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        <signatureName>/s/ Kirk Williams, by power of attorney</signatureName>
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                                                                      Exhibit 24


                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

The undersigned, as a Section 16 reporting person of Rambus Inc.
(the "Company"), hereby constitutes and appoints Jae Kim, Kirk Williams and
Keith Jones, and each of them, as the undersigned's true and lawful
attorney-in-fact to:

     1.     prepare, execute in the undersigned's name and on the undersigned's
            behalf, and submit to the Securities and Exchange Commission
            (the "SEC") a Form ID, including amendments thereto, and any other
            documents necessary or appropriate to obtain EDGAR codes and
            passwords enabling the undersigned to make electronic filings with
            the SEC of reports required by Section 16(a) of the Securities
            Exchange Act of 1934 or any rule or regulation of the SEC;

     2.     complete and execute Forms 3, 4 and 5 and other forms and all
            amendments thereto as such attorney-in-fact shall in his discretion
            determine to be required or advisable pursuant to Section 16 of the
            Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (as amended) and the rules and
            regulations promulgated thereunder, or any successor laws and
            regulations, as a consequence of the undersigned's ownership,
            acquisition or disposition of securities of the Company; and

     3.     do all acts necessary in order to file such forms with the SEC, any
            securities exchange or national association, the Company and such
            other person or agency as the attorneys-in-fact shall deem
            appropriate.

       The undersigned hereby ratifies and confirms all that said attorneys-
in-fact and agents shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.  The
undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in
such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the
Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with
Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (as amended).

       This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to the
undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company,
unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the
Company and the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

       IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to
be executed as of this 2nd day of October, 2018.


                                         Signature: /s/ Charles Kissner
                                                    ----------------------------

                                         Print Name: Charles Kissner
                                                     ---------------------------






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