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To: Kevin K. Spurway who wrote (42278)	11/26/1998 10:52:00 PM
From: FJB	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 1572470

I don't understand Intel's strategy with KNI. Why limit it to the high-end initially? Software developers tend to program for the largest installed base of hardware as that is where the largest profits are. 3D-NOW has a very strong foothold, and the foothold should only strengthen with time and large unit shipments. Is there a good rationale for Intel limiting KNI to the high-end? All comments appreciated, Bob

To: Kevin K. Spurway who wrote (42278)	11/27/1998 1:04:00 PM
From: Paul Engel	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1572470

Kevin - Re: "Exactly my point--so did AMD." I believe that is incorrect. AMD licensed MMX from Intel - under a ROYALTY Licensing Agreement. Intel gets a small payment for every K6/K6-2/K6-3 made and sold with MMX inside it. Paul {=============================================} AMD's SEC 10Q FIling - April, 1997 SEC-DOCUMENT>0001012870-97-000533.txt : 19970321 <SEC-HEADER>0001012870-97-000533.hdr.sgml : 19970321 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001012870-97-000533 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 10-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 12 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 19961229 FILED AS OF DATE: 19970320 SROS: NYSE FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000002488 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SEMICONDUCTORS & RELATED DEVICES [3674] IRS NUMBER: 941692300 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1227 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 10-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-07882 FILM NUMBER: 97559929 On January 11, 1995, the Company and Intel reached an agreement to settle all previously outstanding legal disputes between the two companies. As part of the settlement, in December 1995, the Company signed a five-year, comprehensive cross-license agreement with Intel which expires on December 31, 2000. The agreement provides that after December 20, 1999, the parties will negotiate in good faith a patent cross-license agreement to be effective January 1, 2001. Effective January 1, 1996, the new agreement gives the Company and Intel the right to use each others' patents and certain copyrights, including copyrights to the x86 instruction sets but excluding other microprocessor microcode copyrights beyond the Intel 486(TM) processor code. The cross-license is royalty-bearing for the Company's products that use certain Intel technologies. The Company is required to pay Intel minimum non- refundable royalties during the years 1997 through 2000.