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To: combjelly who wrote (159137)2/18/2002 4:27:33 PM
From: wanna_bmw  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 186894
 
Combjelly, Compaq and Intel made licensing the Alpha processor non-exclusive in order to avoid trouble with the FTC. If AMD wanted, they could license and manufacture the EV68 and other current Alpha processors. However, it says nothing about Alpha patents, or if Alpha IP has suddenly become publicly available. My guess is that it has not, and the open license is for manufacturing current Alpha processors only. It is not for using private Alpha IP to design future microprocessors. That's the way I understand it, and competitively, that's all that makes sense. You're free to offer an alternative view, though.

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To: combjelly who wrote (159137)2/18/2002 6:10:05 PM
From: Windsock  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 186894
 
Neither the quoted material nor the article says that AMD received a license to Alpha technology. It only says that the Intel license is non-exclusive.

The only thing that you can conclude from that is that AMD -- or others -- could receive a license if Compaq wants to grant the license. There was no prior indication that AMD had a license to any Alpha technology except the EV6 bus technology that is used in the K7.


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