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To: niceguy767 who wrote (1008)	7/17/2000 9:30:32 PM
From: Scumbria	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 275872

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To: niceguy767 who wrote (1008)	7/17/2000 11:54:02 PM
From: milo_morai	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 275872

Intel, in a shift, to allow DDR SDRAM in MPUs -- Decision follows lawsuit settlement with Via Jack Robertson July 10, 2000, Issue: 1219 Section: News -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Desktop-PC manufacturers wondering which main-memory design to offer in their holiday models saw their options widen last week, when Intel Corp. agreed to allow double-data-rate SDRAM to be used in conjunction with its Pentium III and Celeron microprocessors. The decision followed an out-of-court settlement of a yearlong lawsuit against Via Technologies Inc., the industry's leading maker of core-logic chipsets. Via at one time was authorized to tie its products into Intel's, but was cut off from Intel's technology lifeline in 1999 when it was alleged to have violated terms of its contract with the company. Friends again, Via has agreed to pay a lump sum and unspecified royalties to Intel in return for access to Intel's technology. While Intel has been pushing Direct Rambus DRAM as the memory of choice for its newest processors, Via has bucked the company's preference by continuing to build support for SDRAM and DDR SDRAM in its chipsets. Asked if the new Via license includes the right to offer DDR support for the Pentium III and Celeron, an Intel spokesman said there is no restriction on using the main-memory interface in conjunction with any of its existing MPUs. Some industry analysts viewed Intel's decision to allow its desktop products to run with DDR-enabled core logic as a sea change in the company's memory plans-one perhaps designed to counter Advanced Micro Devices Inc., whose Athlon CPU works with both Rambus(error I think it should read DDR) and SDRAM. "Intel is finally embracing DDR for desktops, even though it doesn't yet have such a DDR chipset itself. Via and other Taiwan chipset makers licensed for DDR support of desktops will certainly help Intel," said Bert McComas, an analyst at InQuest Inc., Gilbert, Ariz. "The settlement also clears up legal confusion for PC OEMs that want to use DDR memory for Intel desktop processors. Lawsuits almost always hurt markets," McComas said. Memory-IC makers welcomed Intel's change of strategy. "Intel has opened up another memory option for desktop-PC OEMs," said Bob Eminian, vice president of marketing at Samsung Semiconductor Inc., San Jose, which is the market's largest manufacturer of Direct RDRAM. The Via settlement brings to a close suits filed by Intel in four separate jurisdictions: the United States, England, Singapore, and with the U.S. International Trade Commission. However, under the agreement, Via is not licensed to build chipsets that support Intel's upcoming Pentium 4 microprocessor, formerly code-named Willamette, according to the spokesman. Intel previously said it has no plans to license any of its technology for the company's new quad-pumped, 400-MHz bus architecture that will be unveiled in the Pentium 4 and future processors. The agreement with Via still leaves one unresolved issue: a suit pending in U.S. District Court in San Francisco that seeks to bar Via from using Intel technology in chipsets designed to support AMD CPUs or other non-Intel processors. ebnonline.com Copyright ® 2000 CMP Media Inc. techweb.com