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Addendum to TCC Master License Agreement, dated as of January 31, 1997

 Exhibit 10.8 
  
 TESSERA, INC. 
  
 Addendum to 
 TCC Master License
Agreement 
  
 This Addendum is entered into as of Jan 31,
1997, between TESSERA, INC., a corporation organized under the laws of Delaware (“Tessera”) and HITACHI, LTD., a corporation organized under the laws of Japan (“Licensee”); modifies a certain TCC Master License Agreement
(“Agreement”) by and between the parties dated July 7, 1994. Unless otherwise specified, all references to Licensee shall mean the Semiconductor and Integrated Circuits Division of Hitachi, Ltd. Both parties hereby agree as follows:

  
 I. Definitions: 
  
 The terms used herein which are defined in the Agreement shall have the same
meaning when used herein unless the context hereof shall otherwise require or provide. As used herein, the term “Effective Date” shall mean the date first above written. 
  
 II. Amendments to the Agreement: 
  
 The Agreement shall be amended as follows: 
  
 (1) Article I. U is added to include the definition of the Batch Technology, to read as follows: 
  
 U. The term “Batch Technology” as used herein means Technology including: (i) any method or result of U.S.
Patent 5,518,964 (and related Patents) for bonding or connecting one or more substantially planar electrically conducting flexible elements to electrical contact(s) on a substantially planar electrical element such as a semiconductor integrated
circuit, undiced IC wafer, or interconnect substrate, and then forming said element(s) away from the plane of said contacts in a predetermined fashion into the flexible electrical lead(s) of a TCC package; (ii) any method or result of U.S. Patent
5,455,390 (and related Patents) for making and forming one or more flexible conducting elements on a flexible dielectric film and simultaneously joining said elements to electrical contacts on a substantially planar electrical element such as a
semiconductor integrated circuit, undiced IC wafer or interconnect substrate to produce the flexible electrical leads of a TCC package; and/or (iii) any method or result of further invention or Patent made or acquired by Tessera during the term
hereof covering any batch processing method for forming or producing and/or connecting flexible electrical leads of a TCC package. Notwithstanding, the parties further expressly agree that any TCC package made and/or connected individually on an IC
wafer before dicing by traditional wire bonding methods and/or tape automated bonding (“TAB”) gang bonding methods, is not included in Batch Technology. 
  
 (2) Article II. A is amended in its entirety to reflect a change in the Licensee rights, to read as follows: 
  
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 Confidential treatment has been requested for portions of this exhibit. The copy filed herewith omits the information subject to the
confidentiality request. Omissions are designated as [*]. A complete version of this exhibit has been filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission. 
  

 A. License Grant. Subject to the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth,
Licensee’s agreement to the provisions hereof, including all attachments hereto, and Licensee’s payment of the fees and royalties stated herein paragraph III, Tessera hereby grants Licensee a non-exclusive, non-transferable license to use
the Technology including Tessera Patents to manufacture, or have manufactured, TCMT materials and TLS materials, and to package and assemble, or to have packaged and assembled, any ICs (including those ICs owned by others) as TCCs, and to sell or
transfer such TCCs (and/or TCC assembly services) on world wide basis. 
  
 (3)
Article II. D is added with reference to the exclusion of the Licensee rights for the Batch Technology, to read as follows: 
  
 D. Bath Technology Excluded. Notwithstanding any language herein or in the Agreement to the contrary, Batch Technology is excluded from the
scope of the licensed Technology in this Addendum and the Agreement, and Licensee’s rights herein expressly exclude any right or license to make, use or sell any TCC or related IC package manufactured by or incorporating Batch Technology;
provided, however, the parties agree that they shall negotiate in good faith the license terms and conditions of such Batch Technology, upon request of Licensee. 
  
 (4) Article III. B. (iii), (iv), (v) and (vi) are replaced by the following two paragraphs to reflect changed in running royalties to read
as follows: 
  
 (iii) TCC Royalty. For sales or other
transfers of any TCCs (Coarse Pitch, Fine Pitch, or High Performance), whether manufactured for sale or internal use, Licensee shall pay running royalties for the license granted in Paragraph II. A twice annually to Tessera during the term of the
Agreement. Said royalty shall be calculated on Licensee’s total unit volume of IC bonds, leads, or equivalent connections made or bonded in TCCs or related IC packages under Tessera Patent. Said royalty shall be paid in the amount of [*] ($[*])
per each bond or connection made to an IC bond pad in said TCC or related IC packages made by or for Licensee hereunder. 
  
 (iv) MCMs and MCM Components. [*] 
  
 III. Limitations on Addendum: 
  
 This Addendum set forth herein are limited precisely as written and shall not be deemed (a) to be a consent to or waiver of any other term or condition of
the Agreement, or (b) to prejudice any other right or rights which the parties now have or may have in the future under, or in connection with, the Agreement, as amended hereby. From and after the Effective Date, all references in the Agreement to
the Agreement shall be deemed to be references to the Agreement after giving effect to this Addendum. In the event any of the provisions of the Agreement and this Addendum conflict, the provisions contained in this Addendum shall supersede the
conflicting provisions of the Agreement. 
  

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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed and delivered this Agreement as of the date first above written.

  

	 For TESSERA, INC.:
	  	For HITACHI, LTD.:
		
	 /s/ John W. Smith

	  	 /s/ Kosei Nomiya

	 John W. Smith, Jr.
 President and CEO
	  	 Kosei Nomiya
 Director
 General Manager
 Semiconductor & Integrated Circuits
Division

  

 3Letter Amendment to TCC Master License Agreement, dated as of September 23, 2003

 Exhibit 10.9 
  

		
	 Department Manager,
	  	 September 23, 2002

  
 Business Development Department

 Semiconductor & Integrated Circuits 
 Hitachi, Ltd.

 Nippon Building, 6-2, Otemachi 2-chome, Chiyoda-ku, 
 Tokyo,
100-0004 Japan 
  

	Re:	 	Letter Amendment, dated September 23, 2002, to TCC Master License Agreement, dated July 7, 1994, between Hitachi, Ltd., and Tessera, Inc. (the “TCC License”)

  
 Dear Mr. Sugiura: 
  
 The purpose of this letter is to explain the background for the Letter Amendment and to
clarify the business compromise reached between Hitachi and Tessera. During negotiation of the Letter Amendment, the Parties attempted to take into account the possible package variations covered under the scope Tessera’s patent claims,
examining such items as substrate thickness, solder ball diameter and pitch, size of semiconductor chips, etc. However, the Parties were unable to reach agreement on certain types of F-μBGA Packages and whether such packages are covered by
Tessera’s patents and thus by the proposed license grant to Hitachi under the Letter Amendment. 
  
 In order to resolve the dispute and avoid litigation, the Parties have agreed to disagree and, instead, have arrived at a business arrangement which will allow Hitachi to make, have made, use, sell and offer for sale
certain devices without breaching the Letter Amendment. In order to better allow perfunctory adherence to the Letter Amendment, TCC License and the terms set forth in this letter, the Parties have agreed to simplify the identification of the royalty
bearing F-μBGA Packages to the following information in combination with the definition of “F-μBGA Package” in the Letter Amendment: 
  

	 	•	 	The Parties agree that Type 2 F-μBGA Packages having a package substrate thickness [*] are within the scope of the Letter Amendment and that Hitachi will pay royalties for
such packages; 

  

	 	•	 	The Parties disagree that certain Type 2 F-μBGA Packages having a package substrate thickness of [*] are within the Tessera Patent claims. However, such packages are being
shipped in comparatively lower volumes by Hitachi; and therefore, [*]; 

  

	 	•	 	The Parties could also not reach agreement on whether Type 2 F-μBGA Packages having a package substrate thickness [*] are within the Tessera Patent claims. However, such
disagreement is merely theoretical since Hitachi does not currently produce Type 2 F-μBGA Packages using substrates in this thickness range. Therefore, if Hitachi ever makes a Type 2 F-μBGA Package using a package substrate having a
thickness [*] Hitachi will contact Tessera and both Parties agree to negotiate a license in good faith to resolve coverage under the Letter Amendment; and 

  

	 	•	 	Lastly, the Parties agree that unintentional variations in the thickness of the package substrate in Type 2 F-μBGA Packages due to normal process variances that alter the
thickness in an insignificant manner, will not be considered when determining substrate package thickness to the thickness ranges set forth above. 

  

On another matter, as a further business consideration, Tessera agrees not to assert any claims against Hitachi (including its sublicensees, subcontractors and
customers) under Tessera US Patents 5,679,977 and USP 5,852,326 (including re-issue, re-examination, continuation, continuation-in-part and divisional applications, and foreign counterparts of either of these patents) for manufacture, use, sale, or
offer for sale by Hitachi (including its sublicensees) or under its “have made” right under the Letter Amendment of: 
  
  

	 	•	 	[*] 

  

	 	•	 	[*] 

  
 If the terms of this Side Letter are acceptable, please sign below and return one enclosed copy to us, retaining the second copy for your files. 
  

	TESSERA, INC.	 	 	 	HITACHI, LTD.
					
	By:	 	 /s/ Christopher Pickett

	 	 	 	By:	 	 [ILLEGIBLE]

					
	Title:	 	 SVP, LICENSING BUSINESS

	 	 	 	Title:	 	 DEPT MANAGER
 BUSINESS DEVT DEPT. SIC

					
	Date:	 	 SEPT 26, 2002

	 	 	 	Date:	 	 9/26/02

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

 Confidential treatment has been requested for portions of this exhibit. The copy filed herewith omits the
information subject to the confidentiality request. Omissions are designated as [*]. A complete version of this exhibit has been filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission. 
  

 September 23, 2002 
  
 Department Manager, 
 Business Development Department 
 Semiconductor & Integrated Circuits 
 Hitachi, Ltd. 
 Nippon Building, 6-2, Otemachi 2-chome, Chiyoda-ku, 
 Tokyo, 100-0004 Japan

  

	Re:	 	TCC Master License Agreement, dated July 7, 1994, between Hitachi, Ltd., and Tessera, Inc. (the “TCC License”) 

  
 Dear Mr. Sugiura: 
  
 This letter (the “Letter Amendment”) amends the TCC License based on our agreements during my recent visits to Hitachi. Generally,
the purpose of the amendments is to expand the scope of the TCC License to include TCC packages having a semiconductor die in a “face-up” orientation, and to establish a royalty rate Hitachi will pay for such face-up packages. 

 
 Definitions 
  
 The terms used herein that are defined in the TCC License shall have the same
meaning when used herein unless the context hereof shall otherwise require or provide. The following additional definitions apply to this letter: 
  
 The term “F-μBGA Package” means a [*]: 
  

	 	1.	 	Fine Pitch F-μBGA Package [*] (“Type 1 F-μBGA”), 

  

	 	2.	 	Fine Pitch F-μBGA Package [*] (“Type 2 F-μBGA”). 

  
 The term “Licensed Package Assembler” means a party licensed by Tessera to assemble, use and sell TCC packages for others. Tessera agrees to
periodically provide Licensee a list of such parties. 
  
 The term
“Billable Pin” means [*] 
  
 F-μBGA License
Grant 
  
 Subject to the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth and
Licensee’s payment of the royalties stated herein, Tessera hereby grants Licensee a non-exclusive license to the Technology to manufacture, package and/or assemble ICs into Type 1 and Type 2 F-μBGA Packages and use, import, offer to sell
or sell such Type 1 and Type 2 F-μBGA Packages world wide. In addition, Licensee is granted the right to have Type 1 and Type 2 F-μBGA Packages made for Licensee by any Licensed Package Assembler for sale under Licensee’s indicia.
Licensee may, at its option, exercise this “have made” right with such Licensed Package Assembler 
  

			
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and pay royalties due hereunder for the assembly of Type 1 and Type 2 F-μBGA Packages by such Licensed Package Assembler directly to Tessera instead of
having such Licensed Package Assembler pay the royalties to Tessera. When Licensee exercises this right to pay royalties directly to Tessera, it shall provide written notice to such Licensed Package Assembler and to Tessera. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, Licensee may exercise this “have made” right (1) [*], (2) with an assembler not included in the Licensed Package Assemblers for one (1) year after the date Licensee provides Tessera with notification of its intent to use such
unlicensed assembler, during which time Tessera will make good faith business efforts to license to such assembler to assemble TCC packages, and (3) with an assembler that becomes excluded from the definition of Licensed Package Assemblers, for a
grace period of one (1) year after such exclusion is effective. 
  
 F-μBGA Package Royalty 
  
 For its exercise
of the rights granted herein after June 30, 2002, Licensee shall pay running royalties of [*] (US$ [*]) per Billable Pin for Type 1 or Type 2 F-μBGA Packages sold by or for Licensee, provided [*]. 
  
 In its exercise of the rights granted herein for the Type 1 or Type 2
F-μBGA Packages sold by or for Licensee up to and through June 30, 2002, Licensee shall pay the following amounts within sixty (60) days of the last signing date of this letter: 
  
 1. for Type 1 F-μBGA Packages, Licensee shall pay royalties of [*] (US$[*]) per Billable Pin for F-μBGA
Packages, provided that [*]. Licensee shall further include a written report supporting this amount including the number of Type 1 F-μBGA Packages sold by or for Licensee, the contract assembler of such Type 1 F-μBGA Packages (if
applicable), and the number of Billable Pins per such Type 1 F-μBGA Package; and 
  
 2. for Type 2 F-μBGA Packages, Licensee shall pay royalties equaling the lesser of [*]. Licensee shall further include a written report supporting this amount including the number of Type 2 F-μBGA Packages
sold by or for Licensee, the contract assembler of such Type 2 F-μBGA Packages (if applicable), and the number of Billable Pins per such Type 2 F-μBGA Package. 
  
 [*] 
  
 Release for Prior F-μBGA Package Assembly 
  
 Solely with regard to the Type 1 and Type 2 F-μBGA Packages sold by or for Licensee (“Licensee” in this paragraph includes its
sublicensees if applicable) up to and through June 30, 2002 and reported and paid for as provided above, Tessera agrees not to make any claims against either (i) Licensee for its manufacture, use, sale, or offer for sale of such F-μBGA
Packages, (ii) any other party for its manufacture or sale of such F-μBGA Packages for Licensee’s use, sale, or offer for sale, or (iii) any Licensee customer for its use, sale, offer for sale or incorporation into products of such
F-μBGA Packages purchased from Licensee. 
  

			
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 Royalty Reports and Payment 
  
 Beginning July 1, 2002, royalties for Type 1 and Type 2 F-μBGA Packages hereunder and TCC packages granted in under
the TCC License shall be calculated and paid in full in quarter annual payment periods ending March 31, June 30, September 30 and December 31 of each year, provided that calculation and payment for the periods ending June 30 and December 31 may be
based on good faith estimation by Licensee and that any underpayment or overpayment will be adjusted at the next payment. Beginning with the first such royalty payment, Licensee shall deliver the following written reports for each payment period:

  

	 	•	 	Attachment A: Royalty Report for Type 1 and Type 2 F-μBGA Packages Sold by or for Licensee, 

  

	 	•	 	Attachment B: Purchase Report for Type 1 and Type 2 F-μBGA Packages Purchased by Licensee, 

  

	 	•	 	Attachment C: Purchase Report for Type 1 and Type 2 F-μBGA Packages Made for Licensee by a Licensed Package Assembler Under Licensee’s Have Made Rights, and

  

	 	•	 	Attachment D: Royalty Report for Type 1 and Type 2 F-μBGA Packages sold by a Licensee Affiliate who is a contract package assembler. 

  
 No royalties will be due from Licensee for Type 1 and Type 2 F-μBGA Packages reported
under Attachment B. Payment of royalties for Type 1 and Type 2 F-μBGA Packages reported under Attachments C and D will not be due until such Packages are sold by or for Licensee or a License Affiliate, respectively. All payments under this
Paragraph shall be made in US Dollars by wire transfer to Union Bank of California, 99 Almaden Blvd., San Jose, CA 95113, Account Name: Tessera, Account No.: 6450148359, Routing No. 122000496, International Swift Code: BOFCUS33MPK, or such other
bank or account as Tessera may from time to time designate in writing. The payments of royalties and submission of such reports from Licensee to Tessera under this Paragraph shall be made within sixty (60) days from the end of each quarter annual
payment period and shall be considered to be made as of the day on which such payments are received in Tessera’s designated bank account. 
  
 Extension of F-μBGA License 
  
 [*] 
  
 Notice 
  
 The Notice section of the TCC License, Paragraph XVI.C, is amended by changing the contact information for Licensee to read as follows: 
  

	 	Licensee:	 	Hitachi, Ltd. 

	 	    	 	Nippon Building, 6-2 Otemachi 2-chome, 

	 	    	 	Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0004 Japan 

	 	    	 	Facsimile: +81-3-3270-5010 

	 	    	 	Attn: Department Manager, 

 Business
Development Department, 
 Semiconductor & Integrated Circuits 
  

			
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 Duration 
  

This Letter Amendment shall become effective on July 1, 2002 after it has been signed by both parties. Solely with respect to the F-μ BGA Packages, unless
earlier terminated as provided for in the TCC License, this Letter Amendment (including [*]) shall remain in full force until [*], and this provision is intended to supersede Paragraphs X.A and X.B of the TCC License for purposes of this Letter
Amendment. 
  
 Representation 
  
 Tessera represents and warrants that the F-μ BGA licenses granted
herein shall, notwithstanding the foregoing, include a license under USP 5,679,977 and USP 5,852,326 and under any reexaminations, reissues, or foreign counterparts of either of these patents and under any patents issuing from divisional,
continuation, request for continuation examination applications or continuation in part applications citing, for purpose of priority, either of these patents, or any patents or patent applications cited by either of these patents for purpose of
priority. 
  
 In the event any of the provisions of the TCC
License and this Letter Amendment conflict, the provisions contained in this Letter Amendment shall supersede the conflicting provisions of the TCC License. 
  
 Except as modified by this Letter Amendment, the remaining terms and conditions of the TCC License are unchanged and apply with equal force and effect.

  
 If the terms of this Letter Amendment are acceptable, please
sign below and return one executed copy to us, retaining the second copy for your files. 
  

	TESSERA, INC.	 	 	 	HITACHI, LTD.
					
	By:	 	 [ILLEGIBLE]

	 	 	 	By:	 	 [ILLEGIBLE]

					
	Title:	 	 SVP, LICENSING BUSINESS

	 	 	 	Title:	 	 DEPT. MANAGER
 BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT SIC

					
	Date:	 	 SEPT 26, 2002

	 	 	 	Date:	 	 9/26/02

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

  

			
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 Attachment A 
  
 F-μBGA ROYALTY REPORT UNDER TCC MASTER LICENSE AGREEMENT: 
 F-μBGA PACKAGES SOLD BY OR FOR LICENSEE 
  
 Reporting Period: From                      through
                     
  

	 TYPE OF IC
 DEVICE

	 	 NUMBER OF
 F-μBGA
 PACKAGES

	 	 NUMBER OF
 BILLABLE PINS

	  	ROYALTY RATE

	  	ROYALTY (US$)

	 	 	 	 	 	  	 	  	 
	 	 	 	 	 	  	 	  	 
	 	 	 	 	 	  	 	  	 
	 	 	 	 	 	  	 	  	 
	 	 	 	 	 	  	 	  	 
	 	 	 	 	 	  	 	  	 
	 	 	 	 	 	  	 	  	 
	 	 	 	 	 	  	 	  	 

  
 TOTAL ROYALTY:
US$                                 
  

	LESS TAX:	 	US$                                
		
	ACTUAL REMITTANCE:	 	US$                                

  
  
  

			
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 Attachment B 
  
 F-μBGA PACKAGE PURCHASE REPORT UNDER TCC MASTER LICENSE AGREEMENT: 
 F-μBGA PACKAGES PURCHASED BY LICENSEE 
  
 Reporting Period: From                      through
                     
  

	 LICENSED PACKAGE
ASSEMBLER

	 	 TYPE OF IC
 DEVICE

	 	 NUMBER OF F-μBGA PACKAGES

	  	 NUMBER OF
 BILLABLE PINS

	 	 	 	 	 	  	 
	 	 	 	 	 	  	 
	 	 	 	 	 	  	 
	 	 	 	 	 	  	 
	 	 	 	 	 	  	 
	 	 	 	 	 	  	 
	 	 	 	 	 	  	 
	 	 	 	 	 	  	 

  

			
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 Attachment C 
  
 F-μBGA PACKAGE PURCHASE REPORT UNDER TCC MASTER LICENSE AGREEMENT: 
 F-μBGA PACKAGES MADE FOR LICENSEE UNDER LICENSEE’S HAVE MADE RIGHTS 
  
 Reporting Period: From
                     through
                     
  

	 LICENSED
 PACKAGE
 ASSEMBLER

	 	 TYPE OF IC
 DEVICE

	 	 NUMBER OF F-μBGA
 PACKAGES

	  	 NUMBER OF BILLABLE
 PINS

	 	 	 	 	 	  	 
	 	 	 	 	 	  	 
	 	 	 	 	 	  	 
	 	 	 	 	 	  	 
	 	 	 	 	 	  	 
	 	 	 	 	 	  	 
	 	 	 	 	 	  	 
	 	 	 	 	 	  	 

  

			
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 Attachment D 
  
 F-μBGA PACKAGE ROYALTY REPORT UNDER TCC MASTER LICENSE AGREEMENT: 
 F-μBGA PACKAGES SOLD BY              (A LICENSEE AFFILIATE) 
  
 Reporting Period: From
                     through
                     
  

	 TYPE OF IC
 DEVICE

	 	 NUMBER OF F-
 μBGA PACKAGES

	 	 NUMBER OF
 BILLABLE
 PINS

	  	 ROYALTY
 RATE

	  	 ROYALTY
 (US$)

	 	 	 	 	 	  	 	  	 
	 	 	 	 	 	  	 	  	 
	 	 	 	 	 	  	 	  	 
	 	 	 	 	 	  	 	  	 
	 	 	 	 	 	  	 	  	 
	 	 	 	 	 	  	 	  	 
	 	 	 	 	 	  	 	  	 
	 	 	 	 	 	  	 	  	 

  

			
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