Intel is stopping rivals from using key patents. This plan may backfire and hurt the industry in the long term, argues Guy Kewney
Nobody can dispute the legality of Intel's decision to patent its new chipset, with a 533MHz bus for the Pentium 4 instead of the old 400MHz one. But is it clever for Intel to impose more restricti...
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