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To: herb will who wrote (35839)	8/11/1998 6:20:00 PM
From: Michael DaKota	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1572531

This is why, Herb... TechSearch, an Illinois intellectual property consulting group, is pursuing a patent infringement case that alleges that some of the intellectual property underlying the Pentium Pro and Pentium II processors infringes upon patents issued to International Meta Systems (IMS). In 1996, IMS was attempting to develop an "Intel competitive" microprocessor under its Meta 6000 effort, according to a spokesman at IMS. Its goal was to create a chip compatible with the Intel computing architecture but also incorporating independent intellectual property. In the Meta 6000 process, IMS filed a patent for a Reduced Instruction Set Computer (RISC) that could read Intel chip instructions. The patent was filed in March 1994 and granted in November 1996. The Meta 6000 was never realized. IMS abandoned the effort and filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings...... But the claim is here. And thats where i got my point from.. Read the whole article here : news.com Greetz, Michael da Kota HFWL