ALI licenses Pentium-M chipset

[Yousuf Khan]

Alternative to Centrino:

http://www.overclockersclub.com/newscomment.php?article=7287541

[Tony Hill]

On Wed, 31 Dec 2003 18:36:04 GMT, "Yousuf Khan"
<removethisspam.bjsk90.removethispam@hotmail.com> wrote:Alternative to Centrino:http://www.overclockersclub.com/newscomment.php?article=7287541

Hmm.. odd. According to that article they already have a license to
the P4 bus, yet the Pentium M uses the exact same bus as the P4. I
guess this is more of a legal issue that requires two licenses for a
single bus rather than any sort of technical thing, but it still seems
a bit odd.

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Tony Hill
hilla <underscore> 20 <at> yahoo <dot> ca

[Yousuf Khan]

"Tony Hill" <hilla_nospam_20@yahoo.ca> wrote in message
news:d2677783f97c53b356917b0044899826@news.1usenet.com... On Wed, 31 Dec 2003 18:36:04 GMT, "Yousuf Khan" <removethisspam.bjsk90.removethispam@hotmail.com> wrote:Alternative to Centrino:http://www.overclockersclub.com/newscomment.php?article=7287541 Hmm.. odd. According to that article they already have a license to the P4 bus, yet the Pentium M uses the exact same bus as the P4. I guess this is more of a legal issue that requires two licenses for a single bus rather than any sort of technical thing, but it still seems a bit odd.

Yup, plus it specifically states only for mobile environments. Which I guess
would mean that Ali would need to get another license if ever it wanted to
produce a chipset for a Pentium-M based blade server or something?

Yousuf Khan