"We made a big bet on Rambus and it did not work out," Craig Barrett, Intel chief executive admitted. "In retrospect, it was a mistake to be dependent on a third party for a technology that gates your performance." [...] "We hoped we were partners with a company that would concentrate on technology innovation rather than seeking to collect a toll from other companies," Mr Barrett said.

To follow-up on that, here is an article on Techweb with quotes from Intel 'very seriously' looking at DDR memory again. (Thanks JayZee) Instead of just using it for servers they might be putting it in their desktop machines now. At least they are finally caving and not sticking with Rambus just for spite.