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Re: elkman1310 post# 76

Saturday, 02/28/2004 7:16:22 AM

Saturday, February 28, 2004 7:16:22 AM

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elkman1310 -- Dec 6, 1999 -- "Intel is preparing a variable clock-speed technology it calls SpeedStep"
http://www.mdronline.com/mpr_public/editorials/edit13_16.html

December 15, 1999 -- "According to Intel, this delivers the best of both worlds: low power in battery mode, near-desktop performance when plugged in. AMD plans to deliver its own variable-speed technology, known as Gemini, in 1H00" -- http://www.mdronline.com/publications/mpw/issues/mpw029.html


"A high performance, low cost microprocessor system having a variable speed system clock is disclosed herein"... -- U.S. Patent 5,809,336. Proprietary owner -- Patriot Scientific -- http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=/netahtml/search... May I remind you that Intel, AMD nor any other company using this essential method of invention owns the Patent.
The definition of a clock in terms of microprocessors -- [The number of pulses emitted from a computer's clock in one second; it determines the rate at which logical or arithmetic gating is performed in a synchronous computer]
"Two Integer Arithmetic Logic Units simultaneously take two sequential instructions of up to 32 bits each from the Instruction Decode Unit" -- .Phil. Storr, on the Pentium chip, last updated 26th December 1998 --
http://members.iweb.net.au/~pstorr/pcbook/book1/pentium.htm



Tony Smith -- The Register -- 'Will it get them? Maybe, but we doubt it will get that far. After much toing and froing, both sides will, we suspect, agree to an out-of-court settlement centering on a deal that will give each firm access to the other's intellectual property. Certainly, that's how many of these kinds of cases are resolved. We will watch the fight's progress with interest. ®" --
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/51/35514.html