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Vista comment by: Theo Valich on 11/13/2009
We are working on an article disclosing the real truth what happened in development of Windows Vista and who was actually the guilty party.

Microsoft was just the hostage, along all the people who purchased Vista operating system.

Ed.
amd holding back cpu by: Anonymous on 11/13/2009
Intel has to hold back its design and not release high power cpu because amd cant compete come on people wake up amd sucks just like the last post says our computers can run faster if amd would just die and let a better company buy them out that can compete with intel
amd sucks by: Anonymous on 11/13/2009
Same old AMD everytime they lose money they cry foul and blame intel and gets money amd does nothing for the industry except copy other companys work this also includes ATI they copy nvidia but with crap. AMD/ATI build junk!
by: Anonymous on 11/13/2009
I wonder what excuse AMD will come up with next, when they continue to struggle in the x86 market.
A billion dollars still doesn't make them any more competitive. AMD is still peddling sub-$200 CPUs only on the consumer market, with relatively low profit margin, and AMD is on its way out of the lucrative server/workstation market aswell, with Intel's Nehalem and nVidia's Cuda breathing down their necks.
I think this money will be burnt up long before AMD can improve their product line with more competitive products, and Intel knows it.
Both Companies Benefit! by: solidusprime on 11/12/2009
This is great news, Intel can no longer continue offering inducement contracts to customers (OEMs, etc.) that force AMD out.

The fact this does not go to court saves both companies hundreds of millions of real dollars that could easily be measured in billions of redirected dollars.

Intel will need all it's legal resources to battle nVidia (and in the future ARM...) so like a good military commandar they decided not to fight on to many fronts at once.

Consumers win too, I see no loosers here except the lawyers :)

AMD basically gets the equivalent of a get out of jail free card on X86 and can pump some more time and money into future growth.
Intel got off easy by: Anonymous on 11/12/2009
You don't pay $$$$$$$ to just "Get someone off your back" you can bet AMD had their i's dotted and their t's crossed. Competition is good for us all in advancing the industry. If it were not for Apple I would not want to see how horrible Windows would be. Vista blowed!!!! Apple made them get in line, and for that I am grateful!!! Welcome back AMD
A healthier X86 market by: Anonymous on 11/12/2009
Win-win for the industry as well as the consumers. Intel/AMD can spend their money on developing better products instead of paying lawyers. The PC OEMs can freely source their components based on technical merits instead of dirty deals. Consumers will end up with better products at competitive/fair prices in the long run.
I'm OK with this by: Anonymous on 11/12/2009
As long as Intel behaves. If it doesn't it needs to pay this amount every quarter until it does.
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