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To: Paul Engel who wrote (47497)2/9/1998 3:56:00 PM
From: David S.  Read Replies (2) of 186894
 
Paul, Does the statement below mean that Intel has in fact given NSM
the right to reverse engineer their microprocessors as part of
their cross licensing agreement?

<< Now that National Semiconductor has won the
legal right to reverse-engineer Intel's
microprocessors, Intel is telling its customers
that it can double the number of
microprocessors in its Pentium II module.>>

Furthermore, does this agreement apply to future inventions or just
past technology?

Thirdly, you mention the 440BX chip set coming out in April. How does
that differ from the 440LX chip set which I believe is on current
Intel motherboards? I am a bit confused about the physical relation
of the bus, the 440BX or LX, the AGP and the Video card. Can you
explain or refer me to a straightforward source?

I am real excited by the standardization of dual processors that
seems to be promised by your post. For 15 years or so the battle
has been for processor speed, shoving lots of data through one channel
ie: linear programming. There must be the feeling now that software
design can now handle parallel processing as if it were transparent.

If multi-processors become standard, we are due for a new cycle of
innovation and processing power in which Moore's law may have to
be shortened to 6 to 12 months instead of 18. This will drive IT
managers nuts and will make Intel investors rich.

Regards, David S.
Long on Intel and Iomega
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