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.
Blunderbuss. Blunderbusses were unique flintlock pistols that were designed more similar to a shotgun than an accurate pistol or rifle. The barrel of a blunderbuss is much wider than a typical flintlock pistol. This was designed with two things in mind.hese pistols were some of the first handheld firearms and would change boarding and hand to hand combat forever. Pistols also became the primary means to duel another. In fact these types of pistols remained state of the art for nearly two hundred years after their development.