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To: stak who wrote (66830)	10/16/1998 4:36:00 AM
From: KM	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

Friday October 16, 4:11 am Eastern Time Intel's next big chip may infringe on patent - WSJ NEW YORK, Oct 16 (Reuters) - Intel Corp.'s (Nasdaq:INTC - news) primary microprocessor for the future may violate a patent held by S3 Inc. (Nasdaq:SIII - news) of Santa Clara, Calif., people familiar with the matter told the Wall Street Journal. Intel's new chip, code named Merced, may infringe on a S3 patent, chip-patent expert Richard Belgard told the paper. S3 bought the patent along with others last year from Exponential Technology Inc., which no longer exists, the report said. S3 paid $10 million for nearly 50 patents from Exponential, the report said. People familiar with the matter say Intel and S3 are in the middle of intense talks over the licensing of the patent in question, the report said. Intel declined to comment on the matter, the report said. And S3 would not comment on the talks, the report added. Neither company has filed law suit on the matter so far, the report noted. A S3 official told the paper that Intel's new chip is a couple years away and it is impossible to predict what part S3's patent might play in the final product. Merced is due for mass production in the middle of the year 2000, the report said.