Intel and AMD Settle Antitrust, Patent Lawsuits

Kohenkatz writes "Intel has agreed to pay $1.25 billion to AMD. In return, AMD will drop its lawsuits about patent and antitrust complaints. The two companies released this joint statement: 'While the relationship between the two companies has been difficult in the past, this agreement ends the legal disputes and enables the companies to focus all of our efforts on product innovation and development.' The press release also says, 'Under terms of the agreement, AMD and Intel obtain patent rights from a new 5-year cross license agreement,' and that 'Intel and AMD will give up any claims of breach from the previous license agreement.'"

Re:Only $1.25 Billion?

[Trepidity]

Intel poisoned nearly all of AMD's potential customers.

Yeah, you can bet I bought a Core 2 Duo after what happened to my coffee when I was researching a Phenom II...

Re:Only $1.25 Billion?

[oldspewey]

Hey, it may not seem like a lot but $1.25B means AMD can stop couchsurfing for a while and maybe score some new clothes or something.

Re:Only $1.25 Billion?

[jimbolauski]

So now instead of Intel screwing AMD, Intel and AMD will be screwing the consumers, it's a win win!

Totally read that as

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"Intel patents lawsuits"

Re:Now only if they would license x86 and x86-64

[Sopor42]

Oblig XKCD [xkcd.com] linkage

Re:Now only if they would license x86 and x86-64

[Jeng]

There is a third party. VIA

http://www.via.com.tw/en/products/processors/ [via.com.tw]

Re:Only $1.25 Billion?

[SBrach]

Haven't had a single problem, even with open-box items.

Every problem I've ever had with AMD stuff has always come down to a bad motherboard.

Re:Only $1.25 Billion?

[MiniMike]

Those they couldn't poison they tried to bribe with cache...