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Elmer Phud

10/09/02 12:43 PM

#1481 RE: Heidegger #1480

Tim -

Skilled lawyers will know more about the subtleties of these licensing deals. But suffice it to say that it will not be just an accounting issue for AMD to "sell its processor division" to just any old company. New licenses would have be negotiated, and there is zero chance Intel would play ball.

No doubt any attempt would be tied up in court for years.

EP


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fowler

10/09/02 5:08 PM

#1518 RE: Heidegger #1480

Tim,

re: AMD cannot easily transfer their license to make x86 CPUs

Very good point, I hadn't thought of that. And it certainly hurts the value of AMD to another company.

John