** Shares of memory chipmaker RMBS.O drop 4.6% to $25.62,
the biggest intraday pct drop in a month
** RMBS announces deal to buy electronic design co Hardent
Inc for C$20 mln ($15.57 mln) in cash urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nBw7JGcJGa
** Deal will help RMBS expand its share of the data center
market, co says
** U.S. stock market indexes are also tumbling on Thursday,
as investors continue to bet on big rate hikes despite a less
hawkish tone from Fed chief Jerome Powell
** YTD, RMBS down 8.6%
($1 = 1.2846 Canadian dollars)
(Reporting by Niket Nishant in Bengaluru)
((Niket.Nishant@thomsonreuters.com;))