AMD: We've Received the $1.25 Billion From Intel
The healing begins.
Nearly a month ago, Intel and AMD announced a settlement of $1.25 billion to end the disputes between the companies.
AMD announced late Thursday that it has received the $1,250,000,000 from Intel, according to Trading Markets. This satisfies one of the terms of the settlements, which are:
Under terms of the agreement:
- AMD and Intel obtain patent rights from a new 5-year cross license agreement
- Intel and AMD will give up any claims of breach from the previous license agreement
- Intel will pay AMD $1.25 billion.
- Intel agrees to abide by a set of business practice provisions.
As a result, AMD will drop all pending litigation including the case in U.S. District Court in Delaware and two cases pending in Japan. AMD will also withdraw all of its regulatory complaints worldwide.
In a joint statement, the two companies commented, "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."
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At least Intel settled out of court though. This should free up AMD to continue on their CPU research/engineering. Ultimately, this is good for the consumer.
-- If only.
Send it to R&D please!!
"Intel agrees to abide by a set of business practice provisions."
would that be the {} set?
Free/Discounted CPUs and GPUs for EVERYONE this Christmas Season!!!-- If only. At least Intel settled out of court though. This should free up AMD to continue on their CPU research/engineering. Ultimately, this is good for the consumer.
depends how much in debt is amd still or does the 1.25 bil actually brings them out of the red for once in a blue moon
If anything not suing intel for anti trust would bring cheaper cpus are intel uses its larger bulk facilities to terrorize companies into buying their cpu on the cheap (with a small prevision not to buy a lot of amd's crap) or pay what they are really worth
Don't forget Intel also gave AMD a boost in company value (forgot the actual name, sorry xP) with the demise of the "Consumer" Larabee product. So u gotta add that to the 1.25B.
All in all, we all agree that this is good (to some extent) for us, the end consumer 8)
Hope Intel can come up with a better IGP or get his GPGPU well done with this "focus" time. Same goes for AMD/ATI as well, off course, but they're well headed IMHO.
Cheers!
Now they can just focus on planning their future law suits.
It's too bad AMD didn't send me a memo about this settlement before their stock went sky high
Well the deal has been news for awhile
If AMD could improve the FPU performance on a per clock basis by even 15% or more then they would have a really product and same for Intel.
I'm glad I got AMD stock for $3.30 per share.
And we'll be repeating all of this again in 5 years...
1.25 billion doesn't come close to covering the amount AMD could have been making from oems all this time.
its nice to hear these multinational corporations settle things in a civil manner like mature adults. Now if we can get apple/microsoft to work together
its nice to hear these multinational corporations settle things in a civil manner like mature adults. Now if we can get apple/microsoft to work together
You say that as if Apple has 1. Something Microsoft wants, and 2. Something to settle.
Apple hasnt done anything truely innovative since the iPod.
That's good to hear. I hope AMD can use this money toward R&D to make their phenom runs faster. I also hope Hector Ruiz wont get a single dime from this.
That's good to hear. I hope AMD can use this money toward R&D to make their phenom runs faster. I also hope Hector Ruiz wont get a single dime from this.
The guy's gone, at least from central AMD.
From underdog to challenger, well done AMD!
AMD can go to hell. Intel made a massively better product w/ core 2 duo and i7. AMD is just trying to catch up anyway they can.
and AMD's attorneys probably just pocketed $500 Million of it.
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AMD can go to hell. Intel made a massively better product w/ core 2 duo and i7. AMD is just trying to catch up anyway they can.
... disagree... why you just see AMD as CPU maker? AMD is a GPU maker too! And intel iz a poor GPU maker... and the larrabee iz a flop... i think intel needed to pay more... they pay less... and now we know why... compare Radeon HD5970 to larrabee... o wait... there is and will not be a larrabee from intel...
... disagree... why you just see AMD as CPU maker? AMD is a GPU maker too! And intel iz a poor GPU maker... and the larrabee iz a flop... i think intel needed to pay more... they pay less... and now we know why... compare Radeon HD5970 to larrabee... o wait... there is and will not be a larrabee from intel...
Sure, the dude you're quoting is wrong, but your reasoning is just as flawed. And I'm not even going to comment on the spelling and grammer...
While this was happening, AMD didnt own ATI. And Intel didnt have the C2D process yet. And despite the fact that Intel probably did flog their proccesors in an illegal way, AMD still thrived in a ton of ways until Intel came out with the C2D. In all reality, AMD probably never lost that much, and would be on the same losing end had it never happened. AMD came out way ahead in this deal, and they know it.
Don't spend it all in one place AMD.
AMD can go to hell. Intel made a massively better product w/ core 2 duo and i7. AMD is just trying to catch up anyway they can.
That's only true because they didn't get the cashflow they should and would have been getting had intel not been cheating when AMD had the far superior CPU. I looked it up and that was the case since pentium III all the way to the tail end of the pentium IV CPU's where AMD had better stuff. A good deal of that time they also had 64bit as well. Had the better performing thing been selling in computers from that era that I see now wouldn't seem like 99% intel (I still haven't actually run into an AMD one, esp store bought) and AMD would have at that point gotten plenty of funds in order to do more R&D.
Sure, the dude you're quoting is wrong, but your reasoning is just as flawed. And I'm not even going to comment on the spelling and grammer...While this was happening, AMD didnt own ATI. And Intel didnt have the C2D process yet. And despite the fact that Intel probably did flog their proccesors in an illegal way, AMD still thrived in a ton of ways until Intel came out with the C2D. In all reality, AMD probably never lost that much, and would be on the same losing end had it never happened. AMD came out way ahead in this deal, and they know it.
... sorry... English is not my native language... and... good point!!!
That's only true because they didn't get the cashflow they should and would have been getting had intel not been cheating when AMD had the far superior CPU. I looked it up and that was the case since pentium III all the way to the tail end of the pentium IV CPU's where AMD had better stuff. A good deal of that time they also had 64bit as well. Had the better performing thing been selling in computers from that era that I see now wouldn't seem like 99% intel (I still haven't actually run into an AMD one, esp store bought) and AMD would have at that point gotten plenty of funds in order to do more R&D.
... an AMD FX-60 then was something like intel i7 today...
Watch out AMD, Intel loves this deal because it gets patents to ATI.
So many zeros... I'm blind XD
With all the debt they are saddled with, it would make more sense to pay it down- and therein allow the company to get a better credit rating down the road and possible upgrades to hold/buy, etc. Which is exactly what I think they are doing.
... an AMD FX-60 then was something like intel i7 today...
But Intel didn't "intimidate" OEM's to buy Intel processors unless losing their discounts either.....
nappa: Vegeta what does your scouter say about amd's powerlevel?
Vegeta: Its over 9000!!!
Nappa: What! over 9000!
Yeah thats what intels going to be HOPEFULLY saying in a couple years. Well at least AMD has the Gpu market dominated.*chuckle* Fermi lol