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End of Intel-Pin-Compatible CPUs?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the and-then-there-was-one dept.

sonamchauhan writes ""Intel, Via bury the hatchet" proclaims this news.com article. The settlement reportedly allows Via to build Intel-pin-compatible CPUs for three years more, but Via must cease pin-compatibility after that." This settlement apparently closes out 27 existing lawsuits.

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  1. i can only hope... by intermodal · · Score: 4, Funny

    just as I was saying the other night that i wished VIA would make C3s that go in AMD-socket boards...

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  2. VIA, not Via... by gormanly · · Score: 1, Funny

    To be slightly pedantic, can't anyone get the name of the company right?

    It's even written on all their press releases, including the one linked to from Slashdot earlier today:
    Note to reporters, editors and writers: VIA is written in ALL CAPS!

  3. Re:umm by sogoodsofarsowhat · · Score: 2, Funny

    You are correct sir. There are no FANS or even people that like that computing device of yours. :)

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  4. Re:Corroborating Christ by Iguanaphobic · · Score: 1, Funny

    It wasn't on CNN, therefore it is either:

    1. Not True.
    2. Propoganda from the other side.

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  5. But which one is "coolest"? by missing000 · · Score: 3, Funny

    you can't buy single Via processors anyway

    I think you're mistaken



    From that page:
    The 667MHz VIA Cyrix III is the coolest processor on the market

    and

    The 600MHz VIA C3 is the coolest processor on the market

    I'm confused.

  6. Intel Too... by Jerrry · · Score: 2, Funny

    Hell, most Intel CPUs are not pin compatible with other Intel CPUs.

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