Intel and AMD bury the hatchet with $1.25bn deal

News in brief: Legal disputes settled

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By silicon.com staff, 13 November 2009 11:50

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All outstanding legal disputes between Intel and AMD have been settled, and the companies have signed a five-year cross-licensing deal.

The settlement, announced yesterday, ends antitrust litigation against Intel in which the chip giant was accused of alleged anti-competitive practices towards AMD. Intel will pay AMD $1.25bn in the deal.

Intel and AMD will share patent rights across all products in the five-year deal.

AMD's site in Dresden: Intel and AMD have put their patent disputes behind them
(Photo credit: Joerg Mueller/AMD)

For more, see Intel and AMD settle, agree cross-licensing deal on ZDNet UK.

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