Intel Corp (INTC)

[Windsock]

RE:"I'm talking about the significant amounts of confidential information in his head and it would be too risky for Intel to hire him."

Note that Dirk Meyer worked on the Alpha Processor at DEC and later joined AMD where he worked on the K7. There was no difficulty in that situation.

California has rules that go a long way toward protecting the right of an employee in using his or her professional skills. Intel has no product that would compete with a Hammer chipset so the confidential information from AMD would not be useful or sued in an Intel product.

The chances of a successful law suit by AMD are pretty low.