Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD)

[Jerry R]

sgolds - It made interesting reading, but in the final analysis there is too much blanked to really tell what was cross-licensed and what was protected.

I agree, too much was hidden from the public to make an detailed observations. But standing back, I believe it is clear that the overall intent of the agreement is to allow AMD to do pretty much whatever it wants, and Intel is allowed to do the same.

But AMD has to pay Intel for this.

On Mr. Ruiz & royalty checks: It makes an interesting visual, but I suspect Hector has better things to do during his work day, and there are competant accountants for that sort of thing.

It was more allegory than factual, but I wanted to make a point to Jules2 that regardless of the competitive constraints, Intel held the upper hand in these negotiations, as indicated by the existence of the royalty payments.