Exhibit 10.4

 

CERTAIN INFORMATION (INDICATED BY “[***]”) IN THIS EXHIBIT HAS BEEN OMITTED AND
FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION.  CONFIDENTIAL
TREATMENT HAS BEEN REQUESTED WITH RESPECT TO THE OMITTED PORTIONS.

 

TOSHIBA

 

Toshiba America Electronic Components, Inc.

2950 Orchard Parkway, San Jose, CA 95131

 

Design and Production Agreement

 

Amendment #1

 

Netlist Inc.

 

This Design and Production Agreement Amendment effective May 22, 2009 (the
“Effective Date”) is between Toshiba America Electronic Components, Inc., with a
principal place of business at 19900 MacArthur Boulevard, Suite 400, Irvine, CA
92612 (“TAEC”) and Netlist Inc. with a place of business at 51 Discovery,
Suite 150 Irvine, CA 92618 (“Customer”) and sets out the terms and conditions
under which TAEC will design the product identified herein for Customer.

 

1.             Project Name

 

Register ASIC

 

2.             Summary

 

This Amendment #1 to the Register ASIC Design and Production Agreement, dated
July 31, 2008, (TAEC#27N1242613) is hereby amended to remove the Major Project
Milestones in section 4. Schedule and replace with the following Major Project
Milestones as follows:

 

4.             Schedule

 

Major Project Milestones

 

Event

 

Target Date/Completed

 

Development PO Released

 

[***]

 

Preliminary Feasibility Study

 

[***]

 

Design Decision

 

[***]

 

Design Initiation

 

[***]

 

Package Selection Finalized

 

[***]

 

Early Netlist for Pipecleaning

 

[***]

 

Final Netlist (functionally correct)

 

[***]

 

Tape Out — Second Sign off (GDSII transfer)

 

[***]

 

Delivery of prototypes

 

[***]

 

System compliance phase - start

 

[***]

 

System compliance phase - complete

 

[***]

 

1st Risk Production shipment

 

[***]

 

 

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Except as modified herein, all other terms and conditions of the Design and
Production Agreement shall remain in full force and effect per their terms.

 

Toshiba America Electronic Components, Inc.

 

NetList Inc.

 

 

 

/s/ Takeshi Iwamoto

 

/s/ James P. Perrott

Signature

 

Signature

 

 

 

 

 

 

Takeshi Iwamoto VP, Customer SoC &

 

James P. Perrott, SVP Sales & Marketing

Foundry Business Unit

 

Printed Name and Title

Printed Name and Title

 

 

 

 

5-22-09

5-22-09

 

Date

Date

 

 

 

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