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VIA to Create Pentium 4 'Clone'

Posted by michael on from the lawsuits-galore dept.

PyroMosh writes: "ZDNet is carrying a brief article about VIA's plans to start producing clones of the Pentium 4. VIA's already in legal trouble with Intel and it seems unlikley that this will go unchallenged by the chipmaking juggernaut. The Register is also covering this, and SiliconStrategies.com has an article with a bit more detail."

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  1. This is an illogical use of resources by vortigern00 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    To reverse engineer and duplicate a processor requires a superior understanding of processor design and construction.

    Once you have reverse engineered the processor, why wouldn't you then put your resources into designing a better processor based on what you've learned, rather than wasting time making a clone?