Intel 致 AMD: AMD的X86 授權會在60天內終止
 

http://www.tomshardware.com/news/am...6-cpu,7285.html


Intel this week announced that it would terminate AMD's license to produce x86 processors due to AMD's spinoff company, Globalfoundries.
AMD spun off its manufacturing division and would thereby use the new company to manufacture its own products as well as possibly products from other companies. Due to dwindling financial performance, this was something that AMD deemed necessary. However, Intel said that because the spinoff isn't a subsidiary of AMD, it does not confirm to the license agreement Intel signed with AMD in 2001--the license doesn't automatically transfer to a spinoff company.
From Intel's press release:

Intel Corporation today disclosed that the company has notified Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) that it believes AMD has breached a 2001 patent cross-license agreement with Intel. Intel believes that Global Foundries is not a subsidiary under terms of the agreement and is therefore not licensed under the 2001 patent cross-license agreement. Intel also said the structure of the deal between AMD and ATIC breaches a confidential portion of that agreement. Intel has asked AMD to make the relevant portion of the agreement public, but so far AMD has declined to do so. AMD's breach could result in the loss of licenses and rights granted to AMD by Intel under the agreement.

AMD filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, saying that it did not breach any contractual or intellectual agreement with Intel, and based on the original contract, Intel does not have the right to terminate the contract. Intel, argues otherwise. Representatives from Intel said that Globalfoundries is a joint venture with several other companies, including Advacned Technology Investment Co (ATIC), and ATIC does not have a license agreement with Intel.

"AMD cannot unilaterally extend Intel's licensing rights to a third party without Intel's consent," said Bruce Sewell, Intel's general counsel.
Essentially, Globalfoundries allows ATIC to manufacture x86 processors and chipsets. If Intel does go through with the x86 license termination, this would spell big trouble for AMD. Many large OEMs rely and buy from AMD, and if the contract terminated, it would allow Intel to legally go after companies still buying x86-based AMD processors.

AMD has 60 days to comply with Intel before Intel terminates the x86 contract.



接下來不知會不會出現AMD 致 Intel: Intel的X86-64授權會在60天內終止 :laugh: :jolin: :jolin:

剛好抓包

@@"

INTEL 應該很開心吧

怎麼看都是AMD片面違約才讓INTEL逮到機會終止授權
AMD哪有什麼權力可以終止INTEL的x86-64位元延伸指令集授權

Intel稱AMD工廠拆分違反交叉授權
驅動之家[原創] 作者：上方文Q 編輯：上方文Q　2009-03-17 01:46:02


Intel近日向AMD發去通知，認為後者拆分製造業務一事破壞了雙方在2001年簽署的x86處理器專利交叉授權協議。

Intel相信，AMD與ATIC合資成立GlobalFoundries這種做法並不是當年協議的一部分，而且也違反了協議中的保密部分，因此Intel要求AMD公開相關協議部分，但後者至今沒有這麼做。

AMD在隨後遞交給美國證券交易委員會的Form 8-K報告中也提到了此事，並透露了Intel準備採取的措施：如果AMD不能在六十天內拿出讓其滿意的解決方案，Intel將撤銷相關交叉授權協議。

AMD表示，自己並沒有破壞八年前簽署的破壞交叉授權協議，Intel也無權終結AMD的權利和授權。同時AMD也已經通知Intel，後者計劃撤銷交叉授權的做法本身就是對彼此協議的實質性違反，因此AMD有權根據交叉授權協議撤銷Intel的權利和授權，同時保留自己的權利和授權。

Intel很快否認了AMD的上述說法，並表示將繼續努力解決彼此之間的爭議。

事實上在AMD宣佈拆分計劃之後，Intel很快就對交叉授權問題表示嚴重關切，AMD則回應說拆分製造業務不會侵犯授權協議。

http://news.mydrivers.com/1/130/130152.htm

這種相容性授權, 難道都沒有底限的嗎 ?? 類似一般專利權的生命是20年之類的...

不然像intel這種超級無賴的做法, 第一家做出來的廠商就可以封殺其他家的一直到地球滅亡為止 :tu: :tu:

I牌CPU已經被AMD打的滿慘了
只好來亂授權...

intel原來這麼怕AMD

專利權除了防盜就是拿來對付競爭對手

養律師團和專利師就是用在這種時候

不是相容性，而是交叉授權。
所以Intel和AMD會互相知道對方的技術內容，
當初AMD的起源就是得到Intel的授權幫Intel代工生產CPU起家的。

在半導體產業，know-how就是生命。
兩家交互授權之後可用於自己的產品，但不可將內容洩漏給third-party，這很合理吧。
Globalfoundries的老闆已經不是AMD一家，AMD將使用到交叉授權技術的產品交給擁有許多股東的Globalfoundries生產，不就有技術外流之可能性?這當然會有違約的風險存在。

交叉授權在半導體業界是很普遍的做法，可藉此取得自己想要的技術，但也要相對的授權對方使用自己的技術。這可以降低研發的成本，也可以避免踩地雷的可能性。
不這樣玩，公司就得提撥大量費用每年面對可能的專利權訴訟。
利用專利權攻擊對手不是只有老美在玩而已，這個地球上只要擁有專利權的公司都會這樣玩。
技不如人就乖乖回家練功，已經是千古不變的道理了。

x86 license: 30% share and 50% control power

GlobalFoundries barely meets the condition

HKEPC那裡轉的.

簡單的說其實GlobalFoundries勉強符合X86授權.

AMD是生產x86相容的CPU, 所謂的相容, 是指ISA這一層是一樣的, 也就是x86 asm長的都一樣, 至於內部電路實做才是know how才是重點, 外面那一層ISA就是intel能卡住你的地方. 我不確定現在intel是不是還能用x86 ISA去卡對手

至於你說的, 完全沒有重點, 只是把大家都知道的商業模式再說一次而已.