**Exhibit 10.9**

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

 
| Toshiba  America Electronic Components, Inc. | **TOSHIBA** |
|---------------------------------------------------|-------------|
| 2950  Orchard Parkway, San Jose, CA 95131         |        |

 

**Design and Production AgreementAmendment #2Netlist Inc.**

 

This Amendment #2 (‘‘Amendment #2”) to the ID ASIC Design andProduction Agreement, dated July 31, 2008, as amended (TAEC# 51N12402125)(“Agreement”) is between Toshiba America Electronic Components, Inc., witha 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 150Irvine, CA 92618 (“Customer”) and sets out the terms and conditions under whichTAEC will design the product identified herein for Customer. This Amendment iseffective as of the date finally executed below (“Effective Date”).

 

**1.****            ****ProjectName**

 

**ID ASIC**

 

**2.****            ****NewSchedule**

 

Theparties agree to delete the contents of Section 4 of the Agreement,Schedule, and replace it with the following:

 

MajorProject Milestones.

 
| **Event** | ** ** | **Target Date/Completed** | ** ** |
|-----------|------------|--------------------------------|------------|
| **[***]** | ** ** | **[***]**                      | ** ** |
| **[***]** | ** ** | **[***]**                      | ** ** |
| **[***]** | ** ** | **[***]**                      | ** ** |
| **[***]** | ** ** | **[***]**                      | ** ** |
| **[***]** | ** ** | **[***]**                      | ** ** |
| **[***]** | ** ** | **[***]**                      | ** ** |
| **[***]** | ** ** | **[***]**                      | ** ** |
| **[***]** | ** ** | **[***]**                      | ** ** |
| **[***]** |       | TBD                            |       |
| **[***]** |       | TBD                            |       |
| **[***]** |       | TBD                            |       |
| **[***]** |       | TBD                            |       |

 

Production turnaround time:  **[***]** working weeks.

 

Schedule is provisional.

 

**3.****            ****NewInternal/External IP**

 

Theparties agree to delete the contents of Section 7 of the Agreement, Internal/ExternalIP, and replace it with the following:

 
|   | Toshiba Confidential | TAEC#5IN12402I25B |
|--------|----------------------|-------------------|

 

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Internal IP:

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**[***]**

 

ExternalIP:

 

**[***]**

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**4.****            ****AdditionalFeatures Non-Recurring Engineering Charges and Payment Schedule:**

 

4.1           Customer agrees to pay non-recurring engineeringcharges (“Additional Features NRE”) to TAEC for support of the following designchanges:

 

**[***]**

 

4.2           The Additional Features NRE will he calculated accordingto the resources expended by TAEC, which will be charged at the rate of US$**[***]**per full-time-equivalent person per week. TAEC willprovide a weekly update to Customer regarding resources expended.

 

TAECestimates that the Additional Features NRE for this ID design will be US$**[***]**, or **[***]**. Thisestimate is subject to change.

 

4.3           The Additional Features NRE will be payable asfollows:

 

1.             US$**[***]** (**[***]**% ofestimated Additional Features NRE) upon tapeout or **[***]**,whichever is earlier.

 

2.             The balance(total person-weeks actually expended, less US$**[***]**)upon **[***]** together with test logs showingsuccessful completion of the Toshiba Testing as defined in the Product TestingAgreement between the parties.

 

Forthe avoidance of doubt, the Additional Features. NRE payable under thisAmendment #2 is in addition to and does not replace the NRE payable under theAgreement and/or Amendment #1.

 

**5.****            ****Cancellation**

 

5.1           If Customer wishes to discontinue the project setforth in this Amendment #2 prior to tapeout, then Customer shall pay TAEC US$**[***]** (“Additional Features Cancellation Fee”), Inaddition, TAEC reserves the right to invoice Customer for any resourcesexpended by TAEC prior to cancellation in excess of 19 person-weeks. TheAdditional Features Cancellation Fee shall be offset by any amount of theAdditional Features NRE already paid to TAEC by Customer.

 

5.2           In the event that Customer unilaterally fails toprovide information, data, or approvals necessary for TAEC to proceed with theproject for a period of **[***]**from TAEC’sinitial request for such information, data, or approvals, TAEC reserves theright to deem the project set forth in this Amendment #2 cancelled and assessthe Additional Features Cancellation Fee.

 

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Exceptas modified herein, all Other terms and conditions of the. Agreement shallremain in lull force and effect pet their terms

 
| Toshiba  American Electronic Components, Inc. | * * | Netlist  Inc,             |
|-----------------------------------------------|----------|---------------------------|
| * *                                      | * * | * *                  |
| */s/  Takeshi Iwamoto*                        | * * | */s/  Gail Itow*          |
| *Signature*                                   | * * | *Signature*               |
| * *                                      | * * | * *                  |
| * *                                      | * * | * *                  |
| Takeshi  Iwamoto VP, Customer SoC Foundry     |     | Gail  Itow, CFO           |
| Business  Unit                                |     |                      |
| *Printed  name and title*                     |     | *Printed  name and title* |
| * *                                      |     | * *                  |
| * *                                      |     | * *                  |
| 3/10/10                                       |     | 3/5/10                    |
| *Date*                                        | * * | *Date*                    |

 

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