Generally, elements up to the atomic weight of iron release energy when you fuse them. Heavier elements generally consume energy when you fuse them, but release energy when you split them. So, when a star is done fusing hydrogen into helium, its core contracts since there's no more heat being generated to expand it outward.
Rambus, a California company, was incorporated in 1990 and re-incorporated in the state of Delaware in 1997. The company was listed on NASDAQ in 1997 under the code RMBS. As of February 2006, Rambus derived the majority of its annual revenue by licensing patents for chip interfaces to its customers.
noun, plural rebuses. 1. a representation of a word or phrase by pictures, symbols, etc., that suggest that word or phrase or its syllables: Two gates and a head is a rebus for Gateshead. 2. a piece of writing containing many such representations. Origin of rebus.