Read an article in the Inquirer linked here.
Patent 6,009,488, ('488) captioned Computer having packet-based interconnect channel is linked here.
'488 references ten US Patents. Of those ten, five are patents held by Rambus, namely:
5,390,308 - Method and apparatus for address mapping of dynamic random access memory - issued 2/14/95.
5,499,385 - Method for accessing and transmitting data to/from a memory in packets - issued 3/12/96.
5,606,717 - Memory circuitry having bus interface for receiving information in packets and access time registers - issued 2/25/97.
5,809,263 - Integrated circuit I/O using a high performance bus interface - 3/15/98.
5,872,996 - Method and apparatus for transmitting memory requests by transmitting portions of count data in adjacent words of a packet -2/16/99.
The inquirer reports:
Microlinc claims that Intel infringes its patents in a number of chipsets and promulgates that by promoting PCI Express - which encourages the creation of systems that breach its patent.
Ramboids pause as they contemplate thpossibilityty of a PCI Express litigation fest on the horizon.
Hat tip to Joe of the Pinehurst Thread for the link.
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