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To: hmaly who wrote (62843)	11/8/2001 10:50:43 AM
From: wanna_bmw	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 275872

hmaly, Re: "There are no licensing fees, and AMD isn't using licensing to control the competition." First, Intel doesn't plan on having licensing fees for 3GIO, and second, PCISIG (along with AMD), support 3GIO going forward. I'm not sure what AMD plans for ROI with Hypertransport, or even if the licensing is still free. Since AMD is not pursuing Hypertransport as a standard (and I think our definitions of "standard" are slightly different - I mean to imply that a standard becomes the required way to hook up components, such that compatibility is maintained throughout an architecture), then perhaps their plans for licensing have changed? Otherwise, what's the point in giving technology away for free? What kind of standard would they hope to achieve if what you say is true, and AMD plans to standardize the protocol? wanna_bmw