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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-22-146275
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	CORRESP
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
FILED AS OF DATE:		20220510

FILER:

	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

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		CORRESP

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		4453 NORTH FIRST STREET, SUITE 100
		CITY:			SAN JOSE
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			95134
		BUSINESS PHONE:		408-462-8000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		4453 NORTH FIRST STREET, SUITE 100
		CITY:			SAN JOSE
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			95134
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 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">May&nbsp;10, 2022 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Heather
Clark and Claire Erlanger </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Division of Corporation Finance </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">United States Securities and Exchange Commission </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">100 F Street,
N.E. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Washington, D.C. 20549 </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><B>Re:</B></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B>Rambus Inc. </B></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K</FONT> for the Year Ended December&nbsp;31, 2021 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> furnished February&nbsp;7, 2022 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;000-22339</FONT> </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Ladies and Gentlemen: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This letter is submitted in response to
the comments of the Staff of the Division of Corporation Finance of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) to the document referenced above, as set forth in your letter dated April&nbsp;27, 2022 to Rambus Inc. (the
&#147;Company&#148;, &#147;Rambus&#148;, &#147;our&#148; or &#147;we&#148;). For ease of reference, the text of the Staff&#146;s comment has been provided herein in italics and the Company&#146;s response follows. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><U>Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> furnished February&nbsp;7, 2022 </U></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><U>Exhibit 99.1 </U></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><U><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Non-GAAP</FONT> Financial Information, page 3 </U></P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><I>The first paragraph of your <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Non-GAAP</FONT> Financial Information section
on page 3 refers only to two <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Non-GAAP</FONT> measures &#150; operating costs and expenses, and interest and other income (expense), net. However, we note the table on the top of page 2, which is titled
&#147;Quarterly Financial Review- <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Non-GAAP</FONT> (including operational metric), lists eight measures. In this regard, please refrain from identifying items as <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Non-GAAP</FONT> that
have no adjustments to GAAP measures. We note that the amounts in the table for product revenue, contract and other revenue, cost of contract and other revenue, and diluted share count are unchanged from the GAAP amounts on the first page of your
earnings release. Please revise your table to clearly disclose the nature of any measures that are <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Non-GAAP</FONT> in order to differentiate them from the GAAP amounts. Also, please revise the section on page 3 to
include narrative disclosure on the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Non-GAAP</FONT> measure cost of product revenue as well as fully explaining the metric licensing billings and its related adjustments.</I> </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We respectfully advise the Staff that the Company will clearly disclose the nature of all measures in the table referenced in the comment to clearly identify
if they are either a GAAP measure, a <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Non-GAAP</FONT> measure or an operational metric. We have conformed this presentation in the Company&#146;s latest Current Report on Form
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> filed on May&nbsp;2, 2022 and will continue to do so in future filings. Please see table below. We have also provided a full explanation for the licensing billings operational metric and its related
adjustments as noted in footnote 2 of the table below. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="6" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000"><B>Three&nbsp;Months&nbsp;Ended</B><br><B>March&nbsp;31,</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Licensing billings (operational metric)
<SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">(2)</SUP></P></TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">64.1</TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">48.0</TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">30.8</TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">20.6</TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">10.7</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Non-GAAP</FONT> cost of product revenue</P></TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">18.3</TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">11.3</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Cost of contract and other revenue (GAAP)</P></TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">0.6</TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">1.6</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Non-GAAP</FONT> total operating expenses</P></TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">56.0</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">45.3</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Non-GAAP</FONT> interest and other income (expense), net</P></TD>

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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">(0.3</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">)&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">(0.6</TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">116</TD>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">See &#147;Supplemental Reconciliation of GAAP to <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Non-GAAP</FONT> Results&#148;
table included below. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Licensing billings is an operational metric that reflects amounts invoiced to our licensing customers during
the period, as adjusted for certain differences relating to advanced payments for variable licensing agreements. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Additionally, the
Company has included in its latest Current Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> filed on May&nbsp;2, 2022 and will continue to do so in future filings, the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Non-GAAP</FONT> Financial Information
narrative to include cost of product revenue in the disclosure. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">*** </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Please contact the undersigned at (408) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">462-8000</FONT> if you have any questions or require further information regarding
this matter. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><DIV ALIGN="right">
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Very truly yours,</P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt">&nbsp;</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Keith Jones</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Keith Jones,</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Vice President, Finance and</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Rambus Inc.</TD></TR>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Luc Seraphin, Chief Executive Officer, Rambus Inc. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">John Shinn, Senior Vice President, General Counsel&nbsp;&amp; Secretary, Rambus Inc. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Meera Rao, Chairperson of the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors, Rambus Inc. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Michael E. Coke, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich&nbsp;&amp; Rosati, P.C. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Amanda Urquiza, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich&nbsp;&amp; Rosati, P.C. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Mandy Dhillon, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP </P>
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