Chip Maker Transmeta Sues Intel Over Patents
From the Associated Press
Transmeta Corp. filed a lawsuit against Intel Corp., claiming the world’s largest computer chip maker infringed 10 of its patents.
The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Delaware, alleges that several of Intel’s popular Pentium products infringed Transmeta patents covering computer architecture and power efficiency technologies.
Transmeta claims that Santa Clara, Calif.-based Intel has shipped $100 billion in Pentium chips that use patented Transmeta technology. Transmeta is also based in Santa Clara. Intel executives declined to comment.
