Re: can you point me to articles which talk about the details of the lawsuit?
I guess Intel has decided it invented the Video display adapter, nvram, and the concept of "slowing down". Funny, none of this was a problem when Intel was competitive in the marketplace, only now when they see themselves losing a chunk of the CPU market.
Remember the deal that Intel made with the PC community to get it to junk microchannel for PCI? PCI was to be an open standard with no royalties. I think it's too late for them to change their minds now.
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ebnews.com
Specifically, Intel is alleging infringement of two patents covering dynamic nonvolatile-memory updates within a computer system, as well as patents relating to the invention of the graphics adapter and a method of operating a microprocessor at reduced speed. Intel acquired the graphics patent, originally assigned to Wang Laboratories Inc., in June 1998.
In the United Kingdom, a single patent was named, apparently covering Intel's bus technology. The suit filed in Singapore was unavailable for review.
Motherboards named in the suits include FIC's PAG-2130, which uses Via's Apollo MVP4 chipset; the KA6100, an Apollo Pro-based board; and the SD11, which marries Advanced Micro Devices Inc.'s north bridge and a Via south bridge for the Athlon microprocessor.
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Dan |
