EE Times reported the following: http://www.eetimes.com/document.asp?doc_id=1329517 http://www.eetimes.com/document.asp?doc_id=1329517 >Intel might challenge

EE Times reported the following: http://www.eetimes.com/document.asp?doc_id=1329517 http://www.eetimes.com/document.asp?doc_id=1329517 >Intel might challenge the AMD deal, however the China partner apparently already has access to the technology. The Intel/AMD cross license was a five year deal that the companies failed to renew in 2015. >The license granted rights “intended to cover only the products of the Licensed Parties.” The heavily redacted document lists a dozen exceptions to its terms, most of them not made public. Intel declined to comment on details of the patent agreement. >“All the technologies licensed [to the China joint venture] are AMD technologies and there are no encumbrances,” said AMD’s Su. “We have closed the deal and have started execution on it,” she added noting she also doesn’t see any regulatory issues. (Recently, U.S. regulators have increased their vigilance in turning down high tech investment proposed by China.) I have seen speculation that many of the relevant x86 patents expired in 2015.