Judge frees Intel clone for sales; ruling is applauded by Advanced Micro

Article Abstract:

Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD) can now sell clones of the Intel 80486 microprocessor following the decision of a Federal District Court judge to overturn an earlier jury verdict preventing the company from doing so. AMD has more than half the share of the 386 chip market but was not allowed to market its version of the 486 because it did not have the right to use Intel's 486 microcode. With the lifting of the ban, analysts expect AMD to quickly market its 486 clones, two months before the scheduled shipment of its 'clean room' version of the 486 that does not use Intel microcode. Intel earned most of its $2 billion 1st qtr 1993 revenues from the 486 chip. The court ruling mandates a new trial on the issue of whether AMD has the right to use Intel 486 microcode based on a 1976 agreement. Intel officials are confident that they will prevail in the second trial.

Computer peripheral equipment, not elsewhere classified, Cases, Intel Corp., INTC, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., AMD, Compatibility (Computers), Compatible Hardware, Competition, Legal Issues, Court Cases, Intel 80486 (Microprocessor)

---

Digital's chip of the next century

Article Abstract:

DEC is introducing its Alpha series product line, starting with a high-speed microprocessor. The company spent $1 billion on the Alpha technology, which it hopes will become an industry standard that carries into the twenty-first century. The reduced-instruction-set-computing (RISC)-based technology is a 64-bit architecture that runs almost any operating system. The chips cost $3,375 each for orders of 100 or less; $1,650 each for orders between 101 and 1,000; and $1,559 each for more than 1,000. DEC's Alpha technology will be used by Cray Research Inc in a massively parallel machine currently under development. Alpha machines will not replace the VAX computers, which were introduced in 1977. The first Alpha computers will be workstations priced under $20,000, followed by two mid-range systems called Cobra and Laser.

Electronic computers, Product development, Microprocessor, Product introduction, CPUs (Central processing units), Product Announcement, Technological forecasting, Microprocessors, Cray Research Inc., Digital Equipment Corp., DEC, Future of Computing, Market Entry, RISC, RISC processors, DEC DECchip Alpha (Microprocessor)

---

Similar abstracts:

• Abstracts: Advanced Micro set to send out new chip. Advanced Micro posts record quarter sales
• Abstracts: Advanced Micro shares fall on news of an unclean chip. Analog Devices official is promoted to president
• Abstracts: Microsoft to pitch a new hardball. I.B.M. forces a reshuffling of the deck. The first draft of I.B.M.'s future
• Abstracts: Light at the end of Digital's tunnel: optimism over new, aggressively priced computers
• Abstracts: Beware! The computer is extending its reach. Champion of MS-DOS, admirer of Windows. The handwriting on the wall

This website is not affiliated with document authors or copyright owners. This page is provided for informational purposes only. Unintentional errors are possible.