Intel & FTC settlement.

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http://www.techeye.net/business/intel-and-ftc-finally-reach-agreement-on-anticompetitive-allegations

Essentially it is being asked to compete in a fair way, but all's not fair in love, war and business. Intel must now change its intellectual property agreements with AMD, Nvidia and VIA so that the companies have increased freedom to consider mergers or joint ventures with other companies - without Intel breathing down their neck with legal threats about patent infringement.

Intel must also offer to extend, if Via wants it, the x86 licensing agreement five years beyond the current agreement terminating in 2013. It's got to maintain its key PCI Express Bus for at least six years in a way that won't limit performance of graphics processing chips.

Compiler issue covered ... amongst others.
Link to the Full settlement in .PDF available at the bottom of the article.



Looks good on paper. :smile: