Replies to post #69836 on Intel Corp (INTC)

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both sides keep what they've licensed through the end of 2010. neither side loses what they've got.

I did not know that. Do you mean that each company would continue to have the rights to use methods and technologies patented by the competitor up to 1/1/2011, forever, even when the cross licence agreement terminates? Thanks for the clarification.

[Windsock]

i'm not so sure amd would have something new and wonderful post 1/1/2011

This a very good point. It is virtually certain that Intel will have massive R&D in 2011 that will generate many patentable inventions in both processor design and silicon processing.

What kind of R&D will AMD have in 2011? Who knows. AMD will not have any silicon processing inventions because it will exist as a fabless design house. AMD may also have shrunk again so that it does not have the financial resources for much design R&D.