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To: Qualified Opinion who wrote (2241)11/23/2000 9:22:49 AM
From: Sylvia Dupuis  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 2389
 
What people have forgotten is the lawsuit won by AMD for patent infringements on the MAX5000/7000 product line.
I guess it was about two years ago now.
This product line WAS a major revenue source for Altera at the time.
Altera has not settled on damages as of yet.
Lattice now holds the patents through the Vantis purchase.
This one has the potential to really hurt financially.
Will look like peanuts compared to whatever outcome results from the 8000 suit.
Later



To: Qualified Opinion who wrote (2241)11/23/2000 12:02:47 PM
From: Qualified Opinion  Respond to of 2389
 
According to the conference call on the Xilinx suit, it's my understanding that Flex 8000 generated approximately $200 million in revenue since 1993. This doesn't include international revenue of $200 million which doesn't fall under the patents in question.

Link to conference call:

webevents.broadcast.com


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