Re: Re: Re: intro
- To: "Dan C. Rinnert" <dcr@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Subject: Re: Re: Re: intro
- From: KC5TJA <kc5tja@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 16 Nov 1997 16:08:28 -0800 (PST)
- cc: misc
- In-Reply-To: <61406.45369662@canville.com>
> I'm not sure I follow what you're saying. It *is* legal for people other
> than Intel to make CPUs. AMD, Cyrix, IBM and Motorola are among the
> non-Intel alternatives. And, in my experience, the non-Intel CPUs are often
> the better ones.
The problem is, the whole concept of a "cpu" is patented under U.S. Law.
I'm not sure what the patent number is, but I know that both Intel and
motorola got socked big-time, having to back-pay the patentee.
I'm not sure when the patent was placed into effect; but the patent should
be released shortly; patents only last 17 years, then the idea is placed
in the public domain... :)
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