Rim Semiconductor updates

[doughjo]

Originally Posted by destiny1

There was some question regarding the source of this mornings PR. Here is a copy of an email I received from Brad.

Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 10:54 AM
To: Brad Ketch
Subject: PR


Brad, thanks for the PR today. The "best-in-class" designation surely carries significant weight among the industry professionals. Our challenge here in the lay public is that it means little unless tied to the name of the designator. I will try to dig within public information to determine the source, but if that information is privledged I certainly understand.



Regardless the source, the truth remains. If Telcordia or some other organization made the designation, a few more details will go a long way toward clarifying the confusion. The PR as written leaves the impression Rim Semi gave itself the best-in-class designation. If you cannot name the source, I will forward that information to the ticktock readers.



Thanks for listening
George


George,

Rim Semi is itself calling the performance ‘best-in-class’. We know from real-world benchmarks that our data that we discussed in the PR is accurate, and therefore ‘best-in-class’. Pretty exciting!

Brad

lol todays pr was a joke

[destiny1]

Over the years I've speculated about other uses for CupriaTM chipsets including in our nation's defense. Here is a video sent from Iraq about a real encounter with terrorists attempting to deploy a roadside bomb. I believe Rim Semi's CupriaTM chipsets coupled with assets from IMove will create an image with even higher resolution.

Note: This image is very graphic.

http://www.rimsemitalk.com/IraqiNight-1.wmv

D1

[Stoppmann]

Press Release Source: UTEK Corporation


Rim Semiconductor Company Acquires Broadband Distance Systems, Inc. from UTEK Corporation
Wednesday January 30, 2:00 am ET


TAMPA, Fla. & PORTLAND, Ore. & URBANA, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--UTEK Corporation (AMEX:UTK - News) (LSE-AIM:UTK), an open innovation company focused on technology transfer, and Rim Semiconductor Company (OTCBB:RSMI - News), a company that develops technology for telecommunications service providers to deliver demanding new video and data services with lower network costs, are pleased to announce that Rim Semiconductor has acquired Broadband Distance Systems, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of UTEK, in a stock transaction.
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Broadband Distance Systems, Inc. contains a worldwide exclusive license to a technology developed by researchers at the University of Illinois. They have developed an algorithm designed to enhance power allocation in telecommunications systems that use multicarrier modulation protocol. The algorithm serves to improve the achievable data rate or the signal-to-noise ratio, reducing errors in the transmission.

“We are very excited about working with Rim Semiconductor as they help to develop and commercialize our technology,” said Sean Reeder, Senior Technology Manager at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

“We are enthusiastic about the potential for this technology,” said Brad Ketch, Chief Executive Officer at Rim Semiconductor. “We believe that it can enhance our exciting IPSL™ technology and thus help telephone companies around the world serve their customers with new video and data services.”

“UTEK is pleased to consummate this technology transfer with Rim Semiconductor,” said Joel Edelson, Vice President of Technology Licensing at UTEK Corporation.

About the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is a world-class research institution boasting a respected faculty, high national rankings, and state-of-the-art facilities. The University’s accomplishments include twenty Nobel Laureates among its faculty and alumni and a history of ground-breaking research. Annually, the University spends more than $500 million in research expenditures, placing it among the United States’ top engines of innovation. For more information about licensing University technologies, please visit www.otm.uiuc.edu.

About Rim Semiconductor Company

Rim Semiconductor Company develops technology for telecommunications companies to deliver demanding new video and data services with lower network costs. The company’s products allow data to be transmitted at greater speed and across extended distances over existing copper wire — all with the highest quality of service — for a better end-user experience. For more information about Rim Semiconductor, please visit www.rimsemi.com.

About UTEK Corporation

UTEK® is an open innovation service company. UTEK’s services enable companies to innovate more rapidly with the acquisition of externally developed technologies from universities and research laboratories worldwide and through the out-licensing of their intellectual property. UTEK is a business development company with operations in the United States, United Kingdom and Israel. For more information about UTEK, please visit its website at www.utekcorp.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

Certain matters discussed in this press release are “forward-looking statements.” These forward-looking statements can generally be identified as such because the context of the statement will include words, such as UTEK or Rim Semiconductor "expects," "should," "believes," "anticipates" or words of similar import. Similarly, statements that describe UTEK's or Rim Semiconductor’s future plans, objectives or goals are also forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties, including the financial performance of UTEK or Rim Semiconductor, as appropriate, and the valuation of UTEK's investment portfolio, which could cause actual results to differ materially from those currently anticipated. Although UTEK and Rim Semiconductor believe the expectations reflected in any forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions, it cannot give any assurance that its expectations will be attained. Shareholders, potential investors and other readers are urged to consider these factors carefully in evaluating any forward-looking statements. Certain factors could cause results and conditions to differ materially from those projected in these forward-looking statements, and some of these factors are discussed below. These factors are not exhaustive. New factors, risks and uncertainties may emerge from time to time that may affect the forward-looking statements made herein. These forward-looking statements are only made as of the date of this press release and UTEK or Rim Semiconductor do not undertake any obligation to publicly update such forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent events or circumstances.

UTEK's operating results could fluctuate significantly due to a number of factors. These factors include the small number of transactions that are completed each quarter, the value of individual transactions, the timing of the recognition and the magnitude of unrealized and realized gains and losses of companies in its portfolio, UTEK's dependence on the performance of companies in its portfolio, the possibility that advances in technology could render the technologies it has transferred obsolete, the loss of technology licenses by companies in its portfolio, the degree to which it encounters competition in its markets, the volatility of the stock market and the volatility of the valuations of the companies it has invested in as it relates to its realized and unrealized gains and losses, the concentration of investments in a small number of companies, as well as other general economic conditions. As a result of these and other factors, current results may not be indicative of UTEK's future performance. For more information on UTEK and for a more complete discussion of the risks pertaining to an investment in UTEK, please refer to UTEK's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.



Contact:
UTEK Corporation, Tampa
Tania Bernier, 813-754-4330 x 223 (USA)
or
Bankside Consultants (UK)
Steve Liebmann or Simon Bloomfield, + 44 (0) 20-7367-8883
or
Rim Semiconductor Company
Brad Ketch, 503-257-6700
or
University of Illinois
Sean Reeder, 217-244-9104

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Source: UTEK Corporation

http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/080130/20080129006463.html?.v=1

[Stoppmann]

This might be the technology they purchased from the University of Illinois.

http://www.otm.uiuc.edu/attachments/JointDecoding.pdf

[deeba]

Some items from the UTEK web site. But the way, UTEK has completed it's 100th Technology Transfer. Not sure if Rim Semi is number 100 or 101.

deeba

UTEK Corporation, a business development company has created a progressive open innovation business model to help companies grow rapidly with university, research laboratory and corporate technology. UTEK acquires and transfers to its clients new technologies that meet some or all of the following criteria: a significant technological advancement, have a global market and are socially responsible.

UTEK uses a market driven approach to facilitate the identification and acquisition of external technologies for clients, while allowing research institutions to receive 100% of the royalties. This unique process is called U2B®.

UTEK transfers proprietary technologies to help our clients achieve open innovation through the acquisition and development of superior products and services.

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UTEK provides comprehensive open innovation services for finding and acquiring new technologies and for creating value from intellectual property. UTEK is a leader in technology transfer, providing unparalleled access to breakthrough technologies. Whether it is sourcing from Europe's leading educational institutions through UTEK Europe, Ltd. and Pharma-Transfer; or accessing one of the world's largest online searchable databases for life and physical sciences (TechEx), we provide the resources necessary to efficiently identify and transfer new technologies. The newest addition of the Knowledge Express searchable database provides our clients with comprehensive coverage of licensing agreements, corporate profiles, clinical trials, deals, drug pipelines, drug sales, licensable technologies, patents and royalty rates.

In addition, UTEK operates Techno-L as a pro bono activity to disseminate and encourage the discussion of best practices among technology transfer professionals.


Joel Edelson, Vice President of Technology Licensing

Mr. Edelson brings 29 years of diversified sales & business development experience to UTEK. Over the last sixteen years, prior to working at UTEK, he worked with several divisions of PSS World Medical, a national sales leader in medical and diagnostic equipment and supply distribution to the physician and radiology market. Mr. Edelson received his Bachelor of Science degree in Journalism from the University of Florida.

Rene J. Trasorras, Manager Due Diligence

Dr. Trasorras assists in the client due diligence process. He served as a former Special Agent with the United States Secret Service. Dr. Trasorras has performed due diligence and provided protection for a number of notable individuals including former Presidents Reagan and Bush, Pope John Paul II, numerous presidential candidates and multiple Ambassadors and Prime Ministers. Since entering the private sector, he has distinguished himself by attaining the designation of Certified Protection Professional. Dr. Trasorras is a graduate of the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in Glynco, Georgia and Special Agent Training School in Washington, DC. Dr. Trasorras earned a B.A. from the University of South Florida in Criminal Justice, an M.B.A. with honors from the University of Phoenix and a D.B.A. with a specialty in Marketing from Nova Southeastern University.

[deeba]

The word is getting out.

deeba

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post...er-copper.html

40Mbps DSL? Rim Semi claims high speeds at long distances

By Joel Hruska | Published: January 30, 2008 - 09:22AM CT

Last week, we covered AT&T's coming upgrade to its U-Verse service and the potential impact of its faster speed grades on the company's overall position in the broadband market. Currently, it doesn't look as though much will change. AT&T is raising the maximum down speed of the U-Verse service to 10Mpbs, up from 6Mbps, but that gain, while significant, pales in comparison to the 150Mbps and 100Mbps connections Verizon and Comcast intend to offer in the future. Rim Semiconductor Company, however, doesn't think the future is necessarily that bleak for DSL-over-copper, and is demonstrating a version of its own technology that the company claims will allow for far higher speeds over traditional copper wire.

Exactly how fast "far higher" is remains something of a mystery. The company's PR blurb states that its Cupria transport processor "is now able to drive data traffic at 40 megabits per second (Mpbs) 5,500 feet (1.67km) on 26AWG (0.40mm) telephone wire." A Rim Semiconductor marketing paper (PDF) on the purported cost savings of Cupria, however, states that the company's technology can deliver 26Mbps within a 6,000-foot radius. That's still an impressive jump over AT&T's current U-verse implementation, which will use 10Mbps of its total 25Mbps of bandwidth for Internet service, but its well short of 40Mpbs and nowhere near the projected speeds for FiOS and cable. Rim's tech would be far more attractive for "pure" DSL players like Qwest or AT&T in areas where U-verse won't be arriving anytime soon.

It's hard to tell how much real promise lies behind Rim Semiconductor's PR statements, but the company is apparently in the process of demonstrating its Cupria line of products to various equipment manufacturers, has been testing the service in Monroe, Oregon, and has based its designs on the draft Release 1.0 of the Internet Protocol Subscriber Line (IPSL). The goal behind the IPSL standard is to create a network more appropriate for the needs of IPTV, advanced telephone communication, and higher broadband demands in general.

If Rim Seminconductor's optimistic statements regarding its own technology pan out into real results, current ADSL companies may be able to offer lower-cost solutions that are "good enough" for a majority of customers as broadband requirements continue to rise. There will always be consumers who want only the fastest and widest pipe available, but mass market solutions don't necessarily cater to such buyers. Thanks to Broadband reports for pointing out this particular gem—it's an interesting development, even if it doesn't give current FiOS subscribers a reason to toss their routers out the window just yet.

[Stoppmann]

Originally Posted by deeba

The word is getting out.

deeba

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post...er-copper.html

40Mbps DSL? Rim Semi claims high speeds at long distances

By Joel Hruska | Published: January 30, 2008 - 09:22AM CT

Last week, we covered AT&T's coming upgrade to its U-Verse service and the potential impact of its faster speed grades on the company's overall position in the broadband market. Currently, it doesn't look as though much will change. AT&T is raising the maximum down speed of the U-Verse service to 10Mpbs, up from 6Mbps, but that gain, while significant, pales in comparison to the 150Mbps and 100Mbps connections Verizon and Comcast intend to offer in the future. Rim Semiconductor Company, however, doesn't think the future is necessarily that bleak for DSL-over-copper, and is demonstrating a version of its own technology that the company claims will allow for far higher speeds over traditional copper wire.

Exactly how fast "far higher" is remains something of a mystery. The company's PR blurb states that its Cupria transport processor "is now able to drive data traffic at 40 megabits per second (Mpbs) 5,500 feet (1.67km) on 26AWG (0.40mm) telephone wire." A Rim Semiconductor marketing paper (PDF) on the purported cost savings of Cupria, however, states that the company's technology can deliver 26Mbps within a 6,000-foot radius. That's still an impressive jump over AT&T's current U-verse implementation, which will use 10Mbps of its total 25Mbps of bandwidth for Internet service, but its well short of 40Mpbs and nowhere near the projected speeds for FiOS and cable. Rim's tech would be far more attractive for "pure" DSL players like Qwest or AT&T in areas where U-verse won't be arriving anytime soon.

It's hard to tell how much real promise lies behind Rim Semiconductor's PR statements, but the company is apparently in the process of demonstrating its Cupria line of products to various equipment manufacturers, has been testing the service in Monroe, Oregon, and has based its designs on the draft Release 1.0 of the Internet Protocol Subscriber Line (IPSL). The goal behind the IPSL standard is to create a network more appropriate for the needs of IPTV, advanced telephone communication, and higher broadband demands in general.

If Rim Seminconductor's optimistic statements regarding its own technology pan out into real results, current ADSL companies may be able to offer lower-cost solutions that are "good enough" for a majority of customers as broadband requirements continue to rise. There will always be consumers who want only the fastest and widest pipe available, but mass market solutions don't necessarily cater to such buyers. Thanks to Broadband reports for pointing out this particular gem—it's an interesting development, even if it doesn't give current FiOS subscribers a reason to toss their routers out the window just yet.

Thanks for the articles!!!

[destiny1]

President's Letter


January 30, 2008

Dear Fellow Shareholders,

Today we announced to you that we have acquired Broadband Distance Systems, Inc. We bought Broadband Distance because they had two things that we wanted to have: intellectual property and $400,000 in cash. Other than these two assets, BDSI does not have any other assets, liabilities, or operations.

We can use the intellectual property (IP) to make future versions of Cupria™. The part of Cupria™ that manages how power is distributed across many subcarriers can potentially stand to benefit from the innovations that University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) created. This IP consists of a patent that has already been granted. It also consists of white papers, a Ph.D. thesis, and executable software code. Rim Semi is now the only company in the world in our field that will get to use this patent, code and papers.

The IP was developed by UIUC, which is is a world-class research institution boasting a respected faculty, high national rankings, and state-of-the-art facilities. UIUC’s accomplishments include twenty Nobel Laureates among its faculty and alumni and a history of ground-breaking research. Annually, the University spends more than $500 million in research expenditures, placing it among the United States’ top engines of innovation.

You may be wondering how Rim Semi learned about this IP. UTEK is in the business of matching breakthrough technologies to existing corporations that could put them to use. Like Rim Semi, UTEK is a publicly traded company, and I invite you to learn all about them at www.utekcorp.com. UTEK’s services enable companies like Rim Semi to innovate more rapidly by acquiring externally developed technologies from universities and research laboratories worldwide. They had acquired the IP from UIUC for the purpose of placing it in BDSI. They also put $400,000 in BDSI, and then sold the two assets to us. We paid $1,800,000 for these assets by issuing to them sixty million shares of our restricted stock, priced at market, or three cents per share.

What I particularly like about UTEK is that it is a formal way for Rim Semi to scour the world for interesting new technologies, and also at the same time to gain a pretty good feel for potential infringers of our existing technologies. In other words, UTEK does some of the highly technical work for us, and they do it very well. We are fortunate to have them on our team!

Going forward, Rim Semi intends to continue to invest in improving the performance of our products by acquiring new technologies and putting them to work in future versions of Cupria™. In the past seven months, UTEK has presented to us over twenty additional technologies from research centers all over the world that could fit into future versions of Cupria™. With the acquisition of Broadband Distance, we finally said ‘yes” to the one that we thought would benefit us the most. When we see the next one or more that will help us, we will pursue acquiring that IP, too.

On a separate note, several investors have inquired recently about the date and location of the next IPSL Special Interest Group meeting. The SIG postponed the meeting that had been set in Europe for December 2007. The SIG is in the process of rescheduling it now. When that date and location has been set, we will let you know.

On behalf of the team, our board, and especially our new director, Will Swope, I want you to know that we are excited about our prospects and believe that 2008 will be a successful year for Rim Semiconductor Company.

Sincerely,

Brad Ketch
President and CEO
Rim Semiconductor Company

[McCloud]

We can use the intellectual property (IP) to make future versions of Cupria™. The part of Cupria™ that manages how power is distributed across many subcarriers can potentially stand to benefit from the innovations that University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) created. This IP consists of a patent that has already been granted. It also consists of white papers, a Ph.D. thesis, and executable software code. Rim Semi is now the only company in the world in our field that will get to use this patent, code and papers.

I think the part that keeps this tech out of the competitions hands may be an important part.

Ernie

[deeba]

Originally Posted by McCloud

We can use the intellectual property (IP) to make future versions of Cupria™. The part of Cupria™ that manages how power is distributed across many subcarriers can potentially stand to benefit from the innovations that University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) created. This IP consists of a patent that has already been granted. It also consists of white papers, a Ph.D. thesis, and executable software code. Rim Semi is now the only company in the world in our field that will get to use this patent, code and papers.

I think the part that keeps this tech out of the competitions hands may be an important part.

Ernie

Ernie I think that you are exactly right. Actually I believe that this acquisition is four-fold in what it does for us:

1. Rim got $400,000 in cash.
2. Rim acquired a valuable IP to advance Cupria.
3. Rim has kept this IP out of the hands of the competition.
4. UTEK now has a rather large vested interest in Rim Semi.

From the PL:

"What I particularly like about UTEK is that it is a formal way for Rim Semi to scour the world for interesting new technologies, and also at the same time to gain a pretty good feel for potential infringers of our existing technologies. In other words, UTEK does some of the highly technical work for us, and they do it very well. We are fortunate to have them on our team!"

deeba