Intel, Intergraph Settle In Hyperthreading Suit

Sir Pallas writes "Intel settled a patent infringement suit over SSE and Hyperthreading for $225mil with Intergraph. Furthermore, Dell, also named in the suit, claims that their indemnity agreement with Intel applies in this case and requires Intel to take any bullets headed Dell's way." Update: 03/31 17:49 GMT by T : philthedrill writes "The Intel/Intergraph article title is incorrect. Technically," (according to this story at out-law.com), "Intel/Dell and Intergraph settled a longstanding suit which dealt with Itanium (not SSE/Hyperthreading). Another company, MicroUnity, is now suing Intel and Dell over SSE and Hyperthreading."

Comments

What is it with Intel and Intergraph, anyway?

[DesScorp]

Intel seems to have a history of ripping Intergraph off, and getting successfully sued for it. Intergraph has a page on their website dedicated to their suits against Intel. You can see that page at http://www.intergraph.com/intel/

This has been of particular interest in my state (Alabama), because it's a point of pride; Intergraph is located in Huntsville (near the space and rocket center), and is a relatively small company compared to Intel. One wonders if Intel simply figured "What the hell, we'll just take their stuff, patents be damned. What's that little hick company gonna do about it? We're INTEL, and they're, well, hicks". That's the thinking around here, anyway.