In the mid-'80s, Intel declined to provide access to information on its 386 development, leading to further AMD lawsuits, which "drained AMD's resources, delayed AMD's ability to reverse-engineer or otherwise develop and manufacture competitive products," the suit alleges.
In 1992, an arbitrator awarded AMD more than $10 million and a license to Intel's 386 processor. In 1995, AMD and Intel signed another cross-licensing agreement, and at that time AMD decided to develop its own architecture rather than continue to serve solely as a second-source supplier.
It's the advancements that AMD has made with its Athlon and Opteron processors over the past five years that make this latest suit different from those in the past, Brookwood says.
"In 1993, it was more of a screaming and kicking about Intel not living up to their agreement and providing blueprints of their chips," he says. "It would be hard for Intel to argue today that AMD's problems are that they have rotten products and are trying to win in court what they couldn't win in the market."
Subsea cable alternatives can provide a level of comfort for those concerned about disruptions. Realistically, they will continue to play a small, but critical role in the short term.
Maintaining existing network infrastructures often incurs huge technical debt before newer technologies are adopted over time.
Amid ongoing regional uncertainties, telecom infrastructure in the Middle East has expand to include terrestrial low-latency network infrastructure, which offers resilience and agility in navigating political complexities without relying solely on undersea networks.
