Intel sued over Core 2 architechure

Interesting, nice find.

I hope they win the sue against Intel. Then AMD has a better chance to catch up!

If they win the suit against Intel, I'd guess AMD will be next in line; from what I can see this isn't exactly a 'rocket science' patent, I suspect that both x86 manufacturers have developed similar technology themselves. I'd love to see what kind of actual, real use the people who have this patent are making of it... I don't remember the last time I saw a CPU they developed.

Oh, and the Core 2 Duo wasn't around in 2001.

Interesting but if they stop selling Core 2 then bam AMD will have the best chips(including the underperforming Phenom) and then they will jack up the prices.

It is possible that Intel came by this without theirs. Even when Edison was creating the light bulb there was another team working on it too. Sometimes two people have the same ideas.

I don't think they can force Intel to stop selling the chips as that would cause the market to lose any competition and instability. Maybe its a ploy by AMD? I doubt it but you never know.

BTW, how long does a patent last? If this were true then anything Intel created cold have been patented too thus creating a stagnent market. I guess we will see.

Its all over the net but I agree with others that it is probably going nowhere. The Wisconsin Professor approached Intel with the design and tried to sell it with no luck. It would have to be a pretty radical design, before they could prove that Intel didn't have something similar in the works previously.

Out of court settlement. University gets a new stadium.

Humm.. Multi-billion dollar company Intel with their eveil AI robot lawyers with lazer beems shooting out of their eyes and exploding rockets of doom..

vs

a university that has a bunch of guys wearing pocket protectors....

ehh no contest...

In the words of thunderman: INTEL IS EVEL! AMD4LIFE! AMD IS THE ONLY TRUE INNOVATOR!

Good find.

Given Intel's development and manufacturing strength atm, and the fact they are now VERY familiar with the C2D architecture, id assume IF Intel are sued and lose, they will need to pay royalties for chips already sold.

Not wanting to keep paying them, Intel will more than likely accelerate plans to release a new or revised architecture. These will both hurt Intel financially, but they are in a position to do architecture revisions and provide payouts.

So.... if that happens, guess who lose out again?

!AMD!

That is where you are wrong. If Intel loses this lawsuit and the injunction goes through, that means hello 300USD mainstream CPUs again.

test

it says that the university wants them to stop selling c2d, if intel loses, what do they sell?

Well, this might just be me, but intel should be sued for the incorrect temp readings on the E8400. Mine reads 40 degrees idle. After 3 hours of running at this reported temp I opened my case and the CPU heatsink was cold to the touch at the base where it makes contact. Over an hour of running orthos and I averaged 75 degrees, but the air being blown out of the exhaust fan and CPU fan were also colder then my skin. :x

Someone needs to test this with a thermometer, could toms do it?

c2d

cheddar inside

Oh no, Warf is attacking Intel. They'll never get that clingon of thier butt.

It will be interesting to see what connection there is between the Intel facility in Israel where the conroe was developed and the university of Wisconsin.
Also how much US taxpayer grant money went into this patent at the Wisconsin WARF.

Hey Bhavv, What's with the super irritating avatar? Are you trying to give me an epileptic fit or just burn a hole in my eye?

It seriously sucks, WTF?

Jeesh Hellboi ... don't call me a fundamentalist ...

That's some scary stuff there.



P.S. How's that Hillary chick going ... we don't get much news in Oz ... the pigeons are on strike. Heard she was going to be Prime Minister ... providing the Governor General OK's it .... LOL

You see, I already know they'll throw it out. Nothing that intelligent can ever come out of Wisconsin!

...remember Dogma? Yea. It's all true.

I've been wondering where that guy is.... its been at least 2 days since he pulled up something 9 years old about intel doing something bad

I am waiting for him to try and say that Intels chips caused Chernobly to go kaboom. Now that would be outdated. 1986.

didn't you know, that was completely their fault... yeah.... obviously.... (reading Thunderman's thoughts)

LMAO!!!!!! I love how thunderman thinks... good times...

Oh and I came up with another two new slogans for Intels "Wisconsin" CPUs:

Brett Farve Inside

Yup. And the heatsink will be Wisconsin Cheese shapped and every CPU will come with a free Cheese Hat!!!!!!!!!

No doubt!

I'm rooting for Wisconsin. They have a patent, legally and properly filed, and Intel has used this information without paying them or acknowledging their work. Intel apparently has known of this for some time, since 2001, and has been trying to stall and get out of paying anything. The Wisconsin guys finally got tired of Intel's BS and took Intel to court.

It seems kind of ridiculous to me. Intel could have easily either bought the patent or paid a minor royalty fee and obtained a legal use of it, thus avoiding all the hastles. And what if they had to pay a dollar per chip sold? We wouldn't have seen any real difference in the prices we pay and the Wisconsin team would have had millions by now. Further, if Intel had paid a fee and licenced the process, they could have prevented anyone else from using it by invoking an "exclusive use" clause.

I don't know whether AMD uses the same patented idea or not, or if AMD paid a royalty fee. The article doesn't say anything concerning that. Therefore I don't see much reason for bringing AMD into the situation.