Intel and VIA kiss and make up
Poster: Aron Schatz
Posted on April 8, 2003 at 1:11:59 AM
It looks like VIA will finally get their P4X chipsets out the door. In the past, no top level motherboard maker wanted to use them. They fear Intel.
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Under the terms, Via has been granted a 10-year cross-license to the relevant parts of Intel's patent portfolio, which will let it make so-called "x86 compatible" chipsets and processors for the notebook and desktop market. That is, Via can make chips that will run Windows and/or Linux software and largely function like today's Pentium or Athlon chips.