Intel settles a legal duel with rival; A.M.D. will receive a microcode license
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Intel Corp and Advanced Micro Devices Inc announce a settlement in their seven-year lawsuit involving licensing agreements for microprocessor technology. Intel, which originally licensed the microcode for its 80386 processors to AMD in 1982, will receive $53 million in damages under the terms of the settlement. AMD, for its part, will receive $18 million from Intel for breach of contract. Industry analysts suggest that the settlement may benefit the consumer in the near term, since AMD will now be able to compete with Intel on a more equitable basis. Intel's processors are recognized as a standard in the computer industry, and power some 90% of the world's PCs. AMD Chmn W.J. Sanders stressed his belief that Intel will face strong competition by AMD's K5 processor architecture, which is expected to challenge Intel's Pentium processor. He also noted that AMD would greatly benefit from saving the $30 million it had previously earmarked for legal fees in its 1995 budget.
Publication Name: The New York Times
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 1995
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Intel settles suit by offering rebates to some customers
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Intel has settled a class action lawsuit that resulted from an error in the company's testing process, which prompted Intel to advertise the speed of some of its chips to be approximately 10% higher than they actually are. The chips are those found in personal computers with 120 MHz or 133 MHz Pentium processors purchased between Oct 23, 1995 and Jan 5, 1996. Intel has agreed to provide customers that purchased Overdrive processors with a $50 rebate. It is estimated that less than 500,000 of the effected processors were sold during the last quarter of 1995. According to the agreement Intel will refer to industry benchmarks in their future advertising, using such tests as iCOMP and SPEC95. Intel will also pay $1.5 million to the plaintiff's lawyers to cover half of their expenses and fees.
Publication Name: The New York Times
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 1997
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Advanced Micro wins a battle over chip software cloning, but its archrival may have the last laugh
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AMD settled its litigation with Intel Corp over its rights to the microcode from Intel microprocessors. AMD executives are calling the settlement a victory. However, some industry insiders believe Intel is better suited for long-term competition and success than AMD because it has more resources to design and manufacture future generations of microprocessors. Third-party microprocessor manufacturers such as AMD and Cyrix are usually only successful when their competing chips offer customers some combination of lower cost, better features or widespread availability. AMD plans to release its next-generation chip, dubbed the K5 in 1995, while Intel is developing the P6 microprocessor that many industry insiders believe will take advantage of cutting-edge design and manufacturing technology.
Publication Name: The New York Times
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 1995
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