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To: wanna_bmw who wrote (51112)	8/15/2001 12:58:07 AM
From: peter_luc	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 275872

wanna_bmw: "Who's to say what has transpired between Intel and VIA.... Maybe Intel has never offered VIA a license, because of your theory about ATI; maybe they have already made an offer, but it wasn't all that good, and VIA declined; maybe it was a good offer, and VIA would have liked it better, so they declined; maybe it was a great offer, but VIA thinks they can get away with not accepting due to acquiring S3. There are too many possibilities" According to Anand, there has been an offer by Intel but at a very high price: "Intel was willing to grant VIA a license for the bus, but at very high costs. Our sources gave us estimates of between $10 and $20 per chipset in licensing fees. VIA’s chipsets rarely sell for more than $40, with $30 being the sweet spot. With Intel taking 25% - 50% of that for licensing fees, it’s definitely cost prohibitive for VIA to enter that market." Peter