Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD)

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That is the root of my original question. Ring topology
is nothing new. But
Jerry said "...patent..."


http://www.itworld.com/Comp/1057/IDG010504amd_intel/
AMD and Intel renew cross-licensing agreement
ITworld.com 5/4/01
George Chidi, IDG News Service
Major U.S. computer microprocessor manufacturers and bitter rivals -- Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) and Intel Corp. --announced Friday that they had renewed their cross-license agreement.

The companies have signed four patent cross-license agreements since 1976, said John Greenagel, an AMD spokesman. "Anything that we patent they can use, and anything they patent we can use," he said.