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	For those of you out there who want to know,

	The actual ruling ruling of the jury was that intel did not prove
that AMD did not have the rights to the 287 microcode, and that AMD did not
prove that it did have the rights to the 287 microcode.  No other products
are implicated, and it does not cover any (ANY) other chips than the 80287
math coproccessor.
	Also it is interesting to note that when the jury returned this 
"we don't know" ruling, the judge in the case, dismissed them from hearing
further parts of the case. 
	The jury said that neither side proved their side of the argument.
The argument stems from a technology sharing agreement AMD had with Intel.
When the deal went sour, AMD went it's own way, and continued to use those
things that were shared by contract.  Intel then sued, claiming that the 
agreement was for internal use only (which is not in the document) and that
Intel never intended for AMD to sell anything.
	Intel has lost every other suit it has had with AMD.  AMD has been 
granted full rights without restriction to the 386 family of chips. In
addition, Intel has been ordered to stop their legal harrasment of AMD.

Summary:
Intel did not win, and AMD did not win the latest module.  The jury said
that they were not convinced by either side.  The jury was then dismissed
by District Judge William Ingram, who will now hear everything by himself.
AMD is asking the judge to overturn the jury's decision, and Intel is 
asking for the decision to be final.  

Sources:
	Electronic Engineering Times, June 22 1992, page 1
	Electronic Engineering Times, July 20 1992, page 2
	
Allen
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