According to the new transaction conditions ATIC company will obtain not less than 65,8% Of the foundry company actions, AMD portion will be only 34,2%. In this case both sides preserve an equal quantity of voices with making decisions ; therefore, AMD will not be removed from the operational joint enterprise management .
American controls approved the transaction on the creation Of foundry company. Some analysts expressed the fears that Intel will prevent the creation Of foundry company, laying on the conditions for cross license agreements, which were concluded between Intel and AMD in 1976 and 2001. According to these agreements conditions , AMD does not have the right to transfer intellectual property to other companies.
In twentieth January this year , Intel company asked AMD about the status of the future joint enterprise the foundry company. Intel asked about the belonging Of the foundry company with AMD subdivisions - if the joint enterprise obtains precisely such status, then problems with the transfer of intellectual property will not be.
AMD in the reciprocal statement explained, that The foundry company will be subordinated. Simultaneously AMD reported that the purchase of ATI company in 2006 also did not present threats for the Intel interests , guarded by cross license AMD agreement to preserve control over both subdivisions. Related Products :
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