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To: kash johal who wrote (55324)	4/13/1999 2:02:00 PM
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AMD wins one for the Gipper: marketwatch.newsalert.com U.S. Court of Appeals Rules for AMD in Patent Dispute With Altera Business Wire - April 12, 1999 14:54 SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 12, 1999--The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has reversed a lower court decision in a patent dispute between AMD and Altera Corporation. In a decision released Wednesday, April 7, the court ruled that Altera is not licensed to eight AMD patents covering programmable logic devices that are now owned by Vantis Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of AMD. The court also affirmed an earlier judgment that AMD is licensed to five Altera patents at issue in the case. The dispute arose out of a lawsuit brought by AMD in 1994 against Altera for patent infringement. The trial court had entered a judgment in favor of Altera based on a jury verdict that Altera was licensed to the disputed patents. Wednesday's ruling by the United States Court of Appeals reversed the trial court judgment, holding as a matter of law that Altera was not licensed to the patents. About AMD AMD is a global supplier of integrated circuits for the personal and networked computer and communications markets. AMD produces processors, flash memories, programmable logic devices, and products for communications and networking applications. Founded in 1969 and based in Sunnyvale, California, AMD had revenues of $2.5 billion in 1998. (NYSE: AMD) About Vantis Vantis, an AMD company, provides programmable logic solutions for communications, computing and industrial applications. Vantis focuses on designing and marketing advanced programmable logic products that satisfy the speed, density and ease of use requirements for today's logic designs. Vantis is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, and has several offices in the United States, Europe, Japan, and the Pacific Rim. WORLD WIDE WEB: Press announcements and other information about AMD are available on the Internet via the World Wide Web. Type amd.com at the URL prompt. WORLD WIDE WEB: Press announcements and other information about Vantis are available on the Internet via the World Wide Web at www.vantis.com. NOTE TO EDITOR: Readers may obtain additional information by calling 1 888-826-8472. AMD, the AMD logo and combinations thereof are trademarks of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. Vantis is a trademark of Vantis Corporation. GENERAL NOTICE: Other product names used in this publication are for identification purposes only and may be trademarks of their respective companies. CONTACT: AMD Corporate Communications John Greenagel, 408/749-3310 or Vantis Corporate Communications Denyse Kroll, 408/616-4603