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Saturday, 03/20/2004 7:13:55 PM

Saturday, March 20, 2004 7:13:55 PM

Jim Turley is one of just a handful of people who the Industry turns to for advice and forecasts and has done so for years. He has an impeccable reputation for his vast knowledge in the field of microchips. The seven books he has authored are used as reference by many who seek to gain a better understanding of the microprocessor. Advanced 80386 Programming Techniques has been called the book on Intel's 386 processor from the inside out. The "bible" for programmers and engineers using the 386 in embedded systems, this book is also required course material for college-level courses on programming and computer design. -- http://www.jimturley.com/reports/books.htm Now, why would a man of this caliber and expertise with time honored credentials have any affiliation with a struggling NASD OTC company all the way down in San Diego? Let alone take the time to be a member of their Advisory Board? Well, several possibilities come to mind, but only one adds up. [Intellectual Property.] Jim Turley, editor of Silicon-Insider and previous editor of Microprocessor Report and a member of the company's Scientific Advisory Board, said, "After analyzing PTSC's patent, I'm certainly impressed with its range of coverage, basically representing the dominant means of accelerating internal microprocessor clock speeds." -- "The claims primarily revolve around a patent titled "High Performance Microprocessor Having Variable Speed System Clock," no. 5,809,336 in the US Patent and Trademark Office. In microprocessors, time is kept by a vibrating crystal. In the early days of the business, processors operated at the same pace of the vibrating crystal. Microprocessors, however, started to move much faster than the crystal, requiring an internal mechanism to keep the two synchronized. Around six months ago, Patriot's executives determined that they had a claim against PC makers using Pentium chips" Turley said. He did not comment on the merits of the suit but said "it looks like [the original inventors] were onto something clever." The patent application was filed in June 1995, and itself grew out of a patent application from August 1989. The US patent office granted the patent in September 1998. "They've discovered in their vault that they have what appear to be some pretty defensible patents in the way chips are made," - "From my point of view, they appear to have a solid case. But how these things play out in the end is anybody's guess." IMO - I can take a "solid" guess.

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