Rambus (NASDAQ: RMBS) reported Q2 EPS of ($0.03), versus $0.20 reported last year. Revenue for the quarter came in at $98.8 million versus the consensus estimate of $96.58 million.

“With a record number of licensing deals this quarter and record revenue in the first half of the year for our Memory and Interface IP Cores, we continue to execute on key strategic programs for the data center and mobile edge,” said Luc Seraphin, interim chief executive officer of Rambus. “We are also seeing growing traction for our Security products with recent customer announcements for our Unified Payment Platform and HCE Ticketing.”

For the third quarter of 2018, the Company expects revenue under ASC 606 to be between $45 million and $51 million. Revenue is not without risk and achieving revenue in this range will require that the Company sign customer agreements for patent licensing, various product sales, mobile payments software and solutions licensing among other matters.

The Company also expects operating costs and expenses to be between $81 million and $77 million, and diluted net loss per share to be between $0.24 and $0.17. Additionally, the Company expects non-GAAP operating costs and expenses to be between $69 million and $65 million, and non-GAAP diluted net loss per share to be between $0.13 and $0.06. These expectations also assume non-GAAP interest and other income and expense of ($6 million), tax rate of 24% (refer to non-GAAP financial information below - income tax adjustments) and diluted share count of 108 million, and exclude stock-based compensation expense ($8 million), amortization expense ($5 million) and non-cash interest expense on convertible notes ($3 million).

For the third quarter of 2018, the Company expects that revenue under ASC 605 would be between $97 million and $103 million. Revenue is not without risk and achieving revenue in this range will require that the Company sign customer agreements for patent licensing, various product sales, mobile payments software and solutions licensing among other matters.

The Company also expects that operating costs and expenses would be between $81 million and $77 million, and diluted net income per share would be between $0.08 and $0.15. Additionally, the Company expects that non-GAAP operating costs and expenses would be between $69 million and $65 million, and non-GAAP diluted net income per share would be between $0.19 and $0.25. These expectations also assume non-GAAP interest and other income and expense of $1 million, tax rate of 24% (refer to non-GAAP financial information below - income tax adjustments) and diluted share count of 111 million, and exclude stock-based compensation expense ($8 million), amortization expense ($5 million) and non-cash interest expense on convertible notes ($3 million).

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