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Intel Attempts to Ban VIA Imports

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the battle-of-the-corporates dept.

aibrahim writes "CNET's News.com is reporting Intel's attempt to ban VIA chips and chipsets from U.S. import. This does not yet include, but may be extended to, VIA's Joshua processor. The ban seems to be based on the violation of intellectual property agreements related to Intel's 'P6 bus.' " For more details on this case, read about their long-running legal battle.

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  1. Intel is REALLY starting to look like Microsoft... by InThane · · Score: 5

    You know, they used to be much more subtle in their maneuvering, basically when the competition was so inept that they couldn't find their own asses. Now that AMD finally has a winner (Athlon) and they're getting better than expected earnings (high expected was ~26 cents/share, turns out to be more like 46) Intel's starting to get desperate.

    Despite the spread of the Athlon, VIA's bread and butter in the PC industry is still the P6/PPro/P2/Celeron/whatever it's called this week market. Intel is trying to strangle all the competitors out of this market - witness the copyrighted P6 bus preventing competitors from breaking into Intel's market...

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    InThane
  2. kinesis Enforces Apartment-Wide Ban on Intel by kinesis · · Score: 5

    Slashdot poster 'kinesis' has said he will no longer allow the import of any Intel products into his apartment and that he will sue any and all parties necessary to enforce the import ban.

    In a prepared statement, kinesis said, "Those guys suck!"

    An approximately 960 square foot area of Northern California is affected by the ban.