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Intel Pays AMD $1.25 Billion to settle Dispute

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SunSamurai said:
Intel fucked themselves over here.

AMD now has a cool 1.25 Billion, they now have the root for the underdog status again. I forsee in a 3~ years AMD overtaking the top CPU spot again unless Intel gets some management that doesnt become lazy as fuck when they are the undisputed ruler of the high-end for a few years.

Life is just a bunch of cycles. (ask any woman)
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You obviously dont understand the situation.

AMD had the better chips for a short while, and it didnt matter. AMD sucks at marketing. Everyone remembers the Intel spacesuit or whatever the hell that commercial was in the 90s. I've had that hideous Intel "Lollipop" song stuck in my head for a month.

Who the heck even knows what AMD is other than "computer people" and investors who own the stock?

AMD could make a CPU that shits golden eggs, and they will still lose money.


Not only that, but they are ~2 years behind Intel. Intel is actually slowing up their release schedule because they arent getting any competition at the high end.
 
Adrenaline said:
1.25 billion is nothing to Intel. I think the kicker was AMD getting to use some of their stuff for 5 years. I wonder if that agreement means they don't have to pay royalties?

That would be the part to look at.
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Yeah, the $ was only part of it. And a minor part at that IMHO.

The cross-license agreement is great for AMD (especially if it gets rid of royalties), and the new set of business practices are going to keep it a level playing field in the "may the best tech win" department.
 
$1.25B to AMD, $6B to Dell to keep AMD off the market.
I could see why it says AMD would get a lot more if this was settled in court.
But on the bright side, there was another $1.5B fined to intel in the EU.
 
Adrenaline said:
1.25 billion is nothing to Intel. I think the kicker was AMD getting to use some of their stuff for 5 years. I wonder if that agreement means they don't have to pay royalties?

That would be the part to look at.
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What does AMD use of Intel's?
 
her209 said:
Honestly, what do they use?
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x86 instruction set is the big one, then there's all the extensions/sub-sets (SSE1, SSE2, etc.). Intel gets to use AMD technologies, like x86-64.

Intel controls the x86 instruction set, which means they basically control the PC market, because that's what it all uses. And they're very stingy with their x86 licenses. Kind of screwed up, but oh well. Isn't the basic x86 instruction set going into public domain soon, though. Like within the next couple years?
 
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is what the eu should do when it makes such rulings. but i think they keep the money themselves. greedy f*cks.
 
Wow, total BS from Intel's part. AMD deserves more, honestly. How long was Intel strong-arming these company's? We're talking years worth of revenue right?
 
OCGuy said:
You obviously dont understand the situation.

AMD had the better chips for a short while, and it didnt matter. AMD sucks at marketing. Everyone remembers the Intel spacesuit or whatever the hell that commercial was in the 90s. I've had that hideous Intel "Lollipop" song stuck in my head for a month.

Who the heck even knows what AMD is other than "computer people" and investors who own the stock?

AMD could make a CPU that shits golden eggs, and they will still lose money.


Not only that, but they are ~2 years behind Intel. Intel is actually slowing up their release schedule because they arent getting any competition at the high end.
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Agreed.

What they should do is invest this money in a HUGE marketing campaign. Hire the best in the industry and plaster ads every-fucking-where. That's about the only thing that would make Intel go "Oh fuck we shouldn't have given them that money". Right now they are saying "Wow we are on top flying high and it only took 1.2 Billion to make that annoying fly go away".
 
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