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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000917273-21-000019"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "RMBS"
cik: "0000917273"
company_name: "RAMBUS INC"
filed_at: "2021-08-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-30T00:12:17.471367+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Rambus Q2 revenue $84.9M beats guidance; net income $0.10 EPS; initiates $100M buyback

## Summary
- GAAP revenue $84.9M, net income $11.2M ($0.10 diluted EPS); exceeded Q2 guidance.
- Licensing billings $65.2M, product revenue $31.2M; cash from ops $51.6M.
- Announced acquisitions of AnalogX and PLDA to accelerate data center roadmap.
- Initiated $100M accelerated share repurchase program.
- Q3 outlook: licensing billings $59-$65M, product revenue $34-$40M, total operating costs $76-$72M GAAP.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000917273-21-000019
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: RMBS
- cik: 0000917273
- company_name: RAMBUS INC
- filed_at: 2021-08-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/917273/000091727321000019/0000917273-21-000019-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/917273/000091727321000019/rmbs-20210802.htm

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