grege@gold.gvg.tek.com (Greg Ebert) (01/03/91)
The Dec. 24 issue of EE Times has an article about Intel and Cyrix suing eachother over Cyrix's 80387 coprocessor. Cyrix's antitrust suit against Intel alleges Intel's patent regarding coprocessor architecture is invalid because it was "prior art". They also charged that Intel was offering discounts to dealers who agreed not to sell Cyrix devices. Intel alleges Cyrix's foundry uses an Intel-patented process during wafer fabrication. Their suit was filed a day after Cyrix's suit. What seems odd to me is that Cyrix was sued, instead of the manufacturer (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp.) So, my friends, if you're looking to buy a Cyrix '387, you'd best act now... - - - On the same page, another article stated that Intel and Advanced Micro Devices have a date in court next week regarding the number 386. Intel says "386" is a trademark which cost $20 million to develop; in a nutshell, AMD says it's simply a number. Stay tuned for further bloodshed.
ssingh@watserv1.waterloo.edu (The Sanj-Machine aka Ice) (01/04/91)
INTeL is out to get everyone. I lost respect for them when they started
bad-mouthing the 286 in an effort to get everyone to switch to the
386sx.
I wish they'd stop trying to smother the market and keep trying to develop
better microprocessors rather than trying to milk every bloody cent from
their present architectures, at the expense of everyone else.
I hope AMD succeeds with their 386 compatible chip. Competition is good
for everyone. Including INTeL.
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"No one had the guts... until now!"
$anjay $ingh -CYBERPUNK-at-large- ssingh@watserv1.[u]waterloo.{edu|cdn}/[ca]mra@srchtec.UUCP (Michael Almond) (01/05/91)
In article <1991Jan4.074718.24951@watserv1.waterloo.edu> ssingh@watserv1.waterloo.edu (The Sanj-Machine aka Ice) writes: >I hope AMD succeeds with their 386 compatible chip. Competition is good >for everyone. Including INTeL. I agree, I hope AMD succeeds. Did you read about the new MISC chips in Byte? They can emulate whatever you want (Sparc, 386, R3000, etc.) and the 386 mode supposedly runs 3X faster than current 386's. --- Michael R. Almond (Georgia Tech Alumnus) mra@srchtec.uucp (registered) search technology, inc. mra%srchtec@salestech.com 4725 peachtree corners cir., suite 200 emory!stiatl!srchtec!mra norcross, georgia 30092 (404) 441-1457 (office) [search]: Systems Engineering Approaches to Research and Development