Rival chip makers AMD and Intel have settled their pending legal disputes in a deal that will include Intel paying its rival $1.25 billion and agreeing to a set of business practices. AMD officials had argued that Intel over the past few years had used anticompetitive practices to limit the use of AMD products by OEMs such as Dell, HP and IBM. The two sides also signed a new cross-patent deal.
– Intel and Advanced Micro Devices have reached a settlement in all
the legal disputes between the two chip makers, including antitrust and
cross-license issues.
As part of the deal, Intel will pay AMD $1.25 billion and agree to a set of business practice provisions.
The two companies announced th…