Bill on Intel suing VIA, it occurred to me, that this may be a phony lawsuit, in other words, they won't really try to win it, at least not at first. Without this lawsuit the FTC could logically claim that Intel is using its intellectual property solely to manipulate one of AMD's major partners -- so that VIA cannot produce Athlon chipsets.
If Intel decided not to sue VIA now, what could they give as a reason, other than three letters -- A - M - D ?
By suing VIA and losing the lawsuit, they make it look like they sued to protect their intellectual property, while in reality, they want VIA to produce oodles of Apollo PRO 133 chipets for their Coppermines, so that they are capacity-constrained to produce no Athlon chipsets.
Ideally, Intel would like to lose the first round of this lawsuit, so VIA will produce millions of the Apollo PRO 133 chipsets. Then, once Intel's own PC133 chipset is ready, they'll really try to win, knock VIA out of the Socket 370 business and then collect $5 per chipset already sold.
If Intel is really serious about their intellectual property, they will try to get a restraining order on shipments of the Apollo PRO 133. If not, its just as I described.
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