Chip vendor alleges 4 rivals violate patents

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Chips & Technologies Inc asks the US International Trade Commission (ITC) to forbid the import of computer chips made by four companies that Chips & Technologies says are infringing on its patent rights. The ITC could take as long as a year to rule on this case, but companies that use chips from the four alleged violators could find themselves without a source of supply when the ruling is finally made. The companies that are named by Chips & Technologies are: OPTi Computer Inc, Sun Electronics Corp, Elite Microelectronics Inc, and ETEQ Microsystems Inc. Chips & Technologies is one of many US companies that designs chips but contracts with other companies to actually get chips manufactured. Thus, Chips & Technologies depends on its intellectual property rather than its manufacturing capabilities.

Admin. of general economic programs, Computer integrated systems design, Computer industry, International trade, Investigations, Free trade, United States. International Trade Commission, Patent, Chip Set, Chips and Technologies Inc., CHPS, Sun Electronics Corp., Elite Microelectronics Inc., ETEQ Microsystems Inc., Opti Inc.

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Federal jury deliberates long battle between Intel, Advanced Micro Devices

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The district court in San Jose, CA will begin deliberations on Intel Corp's copyright lawsuit against Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) Inc. The jury will decide as early as Jun 15, 1992 on whether or not AMD has illegally used Intel's copyrighted software in an Intel 80287 clone processor. The lawsuit stems back to a pact made between the two firms in 1976, in which Intel consented to allowing AMD to use Intel's microprocessor microcode. In Feb 1992, as part of a separate feud, an arbitrator granted AMD rights to all technology embodied in its 80386 clone microprocessors and in May 1992 a state court upheld that decision. AMD's Intel technology-based 386 microprocessors have snatched almost 50 percent of the 386 chip market.

Computer peripheral equipment, not elsewhere classified, Microprocessor, CPUs (Central processing units), Intel Corp., INTC, Microprocessors, Copyrights, History, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., AMD, Patents, Market share, Competition, Patent/Copyright Issue, Lawsuits, Emulators, Court Cases, Emulation (Computing), Microcode, Math Coprocessor, Math coprocessors, Intel 80287 (Coprocessor)

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