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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000899243-19-004685
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20190214
FILED AS OF DATE:		20190225
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20190225

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Jones Keith A
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001347943

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-22339
		FILM NUMBER:		19629472

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O SHORETEL, INC.
		STREET 2:		960 STEWART DRIVE
		CITY:			SUNNYVALE
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			94085

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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        <issuerName>RAMBUS INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>RMBS</issuerTradingSymbol>
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            <rptOwnerName>Jones Keith A</rptOwnerName>
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            <rptOwnerCity>SUNNYVALE</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>CA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>94089</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
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            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>Principal Accounting Officer</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

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            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>52358</value>
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                    <value>D</value>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Includes 51,000 shares represented by restricted stock units, or RSUs, which vest as follows: (i) 28,000 RSUs vest in four equal annual installments beginning on March 1, 2019 or the first business day thereafter and (ii) 23,000 RSUs vest in four equal annual installments beginning on February 1, 2020 or the first business day thereafter. Each RSU represents a contingent right to receive one share of RMBS common stock.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks>Exhibit 24 - Power of Attorney</remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Kirk Williams, by power of attorney</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2019-02-25</signatureDate>
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<PRE>
                                                                      Exhibit 24

                               POWER OF ATTORNEY

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

     1.   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

     2.	  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 19th day of February, 2019.


                                               Signature: /s/ Keith Jones
                                                          ----------------------
                                               Print Name: Keith Jones
                                                           ---------------------


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