Intel was with the DRAM makers on the antitrust case against Rambus !!!

[Czar]

http://www.semibiznews.com/story/OEG20000717S0028



<< SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Intel Corp. and several major DRAM makers held talks last week to consider whether to ask the Federal Trade Commission to investigate Rambus Inc. on antitrust grounds, according to industry sources.

Though its involvement most likely does not constitute a high-level break with Rambus, Intel's tacit participation in the discussions has cast a cloud of uncertainty over its relationship with the third-party intellectual-property developer and longtime Intel design partner. One industry executive who attended the meeting indicated that the once-unified Intel/Rambus duo has become disjointed as various factions within the microprocessor giant promote different agendas.

&quot;Intel operations now are so fragmented that the group involved with [discussing the complaint] may have been following their own individual course,&quot; the executive said, speaking on condition that he not be named. >>



I knew it, I knew it, I knew it 😉

 

[HellRaven]

haha, wow that is some interesting news. Good news, but still somewhat weird. I was thinking Intel was gonna support Rambus but it looks like they, or at least one of the major &quot;factions&quot; within Intel is as unhappy as the rest of us with the bs that rambus is pushing with their lawsuits. It is true that it is possible only a faction within Intel supports it since intel is a VERY large corporation. here's hoping.....

 

[MadRat]

This is probably a sign that Intel has too much middle management.
Too many know-it-all bosses and not enough workers with know-how.

Thats the problem with success; all that money attracted too many thieves, liars, and TV evangelists.