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CROSS LICENSE AGREEMENT
BETWEEN
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC., AND INTEL CORPORATION
This agreement ("Agreement") is made by and between ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES,
INC., a Delaware corporation, having an office at One AMD Place, P.O. Box 3453,
Sunnyvale, California 94088, (hereinafter collectively referred to as "AMD") and
INTEL Corporation, a Delaware corporation, having an office at 2200 Mission
College Blvd., Santa Clara, California 95052 ("INTEL").
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WHEREAS, AMD and INTEL each own patents and patent applications covering
inventions pertinent to the design and manufacture of semiconductor, integrated
circuit, and computer related products; and
WHEREAS, AMD and INTEL are both engaged in their respective continuing programs
of research and development of semiconductor, integrated circuit, and computer
related technology, which will result in new discoveries and inventions many of
which will become the subject of new patent applications and patents; and
WHEREAS, AMD and INTEL each want to respect the technology contributions of the
other and want to increase their freedom to design and manufacture their own new
products without infringing the rights of the other under any patent or patent
application owned or controlled by the other;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and promises contained
herein, the parties agree as follows:
1.0 DEFINITIONS
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1.1 "Subsidiary" shall mean any corporation, company or other entity with
regard to which a) more than fifty percent (50%) of whose outstanding
shares or stock entitled to vote for the election of directors or similar
managing authority is directly or indirectly owned or controlled by a
party hereto, or b) which does not have outstanding shares or securities
but greater than fifty percent (50%) of whose ownership interest
representing the right to make the decisions for such entity is, now or
hereafter, owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by a party
hereto; provided, however, that in each case such corporation, company or
other entity shall be deemed to be a Subsidiary only so long as such
ownership or control exists and exceeds fifty percent (50%).
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1.2 "Controlling Interest" shall mean an ownership interest by a third party
in one party to this Agreement with regard to which more than thirty
percent (30%) of the outstanding shares or stock entitled to vote for the
election of directors or similar managing authority is directly or
indirectly owned or controlled by the acquiring third party.
1.3 "Effective Date" shall mean January 1, 1996.
1.4 "Excluded AMD Product" shall mean any digital logic product that is
object code compatible with a new instruction set first introduced in an
AMD digital logic product having at least 64-bit internal processing.
1.5 "Excluded INTEL Product" shall mean any digital logic product, alone or
in combination with software, having at least 32-bit internal processing
that is object code compatible with the INTEL 80386, 80486, P5, or P6
microprocessor families or a microprocessor family later introduced by
INTEL, and such digital logic product
Notwithstanding the foregoing, a microprocessor having less than
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION] shall not constitute an Excluded
INTEL Product.
1.6 [CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION] shall mean [CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION
OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION]
executed by [CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH
THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION] or a [CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION
OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION]
and not described [CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY
WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION]
1.7 [CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION] shall mean [CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION
OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION]
for [CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION] having [CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION
OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION]
set forth in [CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH
THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION] and all derivatives of or
additions thereto.
1.8 [CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION] shall mean [CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION
OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION]
used by [CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION] for [CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION OMITTED
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These [CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION] will be defined, for the purposes of
this definition, at a level of technical detail sufficient to
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION] For example, the [CONFIDENTIAL
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COMMISSION] shall contain sufficient detail to specify [CONFIDENTIAL
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1.9 [CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION] shall mean a [CONFIDENTIAL
INFORMATION OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION] comprising one or more Integrated Circuits having a
[CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION] substantially compatible with the
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION] or a [CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION
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that functions to [CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY
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WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION] The substantially compatible
nature of a [CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH
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that a [CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION] in the event that such [CONFIDENTIAL
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with an [CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION] A [CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION OMITTED
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configured to [CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH
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INFORMATION OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
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[CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION] unless such [CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION
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has a [CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION] substantially compatible with an
[CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION] or a [CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION
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The [CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION] for the [CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION
OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION]
as originally introduced, constitutes an example of a [CONFIDENTIAL
INFORMATION OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION] that is not compatible with the [CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION
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of the [CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION]
1.10 [CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION] shall mean a circuit that
[CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION] a [CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION OMITTED
AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION] and a
[CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION] for connection with [CONFIDENTIAL
INFORMATION OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION]
1.11 "Semiconductor Material" shall mean any material whose conductivity is
intermediate to that of metals and insulators at room temperature and
whose conductivity, over some temperature range, increases with increases
in temperature. Such materials shall include, but not be limited to,
refined products, reaction products, reduced products, mixtures and
compounds.
1.12 "Semiconductor Device" shall mean a device and any material therefor,
comprising a body of one or more Semiconductor Materials and one or more
electrodes associated therewith, and, if provided therewith, housing
and/or supporting means therefore.
1.13 "Integrated Circuit" shall mean an integral unit comprising a plurality
of active and/or passive circuit elements associated on one or more
substrates, such unit forming, or contributing to the formation of, a
circuit for performing electrical functions and, if provided therewith,
housing and/or supporting means therefor.
1.14 "Circuit Assembly" shall mean (a) a circuit or a circuit system,
including hardware and/or software, in which one or more Semiconductor
Devices and/or one or more Integrated Circuits are interconnected in one
or more paths (including passive circuit elements, if any), for
performing electrical functions, and (/b) a combination of such circuits
or circuit systems and (c) if provided therewith, I/O devices or housing
and/or supporting means therefor.
1.15 "AMD Patents" shall mean all classes or types of patents, utility models
and design patents (including, without limitation, originals or
divisions, continuations, continuations-in-part or reissues), and
applications for these classes or types of all countries of the world
owned or controlled by AMD or its Subsidiaries at any time during the
term of this Agreement which (a) have a first effective filing date prior
to the expiration or termination of this Agreement and (b) except for
consideration paid to employees, have no requirement to pay consideration
to another for the grant of a license under this Agreement.
1.16 "INTEL Patents" shall mean all classes or types of patents, utility
models and design patents (including, without limitation, originals or
divisions, continuations, continuations-
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in-part or reissues), and applications for these classes or types of all
countries of the world owned or controlled by INTEL or its Subsidiaries
at any time during the term of this Agreement which (a) have a first
effective filing date prior to the expiration or termination of this
Agreement and (b) except for consideration paid to employees, have no
requirement to pay consideration to another for the grant of a license
under this Agreement.
1.17 "AMD Licensed Products" shall mean any AMD products constituting: (a) a
Semiconductor Device, (b) an Integrated Circuit, or (c) a Circuit
Assembly, all of the above excluding Excluded INTEL Products.
1.18 "INTEL Licensed Products" shall mean any INTEL products constituting: (a)
a Semiconductor Device, (b) an Integrated Circuit, or (c) a Circuit
Assembly, all of the above excluding Excluded AMD Product.
1.19 "AMD Facility" shall mean a manufacturing plant wholly owned and operated
by AMD or a qualified Subsidiary of AMD.
1.20 "Net Revenue" shall mean the amount actually invoiced, less separately
itemized charges for duty, freight and taxes, for product shipped to a
third party less actual returns and price adjustments. Amounts reserved
for accounting purposes but not actually incurred (such as a distributor
reserve) shall not be deducted in the calculation of Net Revenue. Sales
or transfers to a Subsidiary shall not be considered as Net Revenue until
the product is sold or transferred to a third party. All currency
transactions shall be translated to United States dollars using standard
accounting practices.
1.21 "Original Royalty Product" shall mean an AMD Licensed Product that
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION] an [CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION OMITTED
AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION] but in
no event shall include product that constitutes an [CONFIDENTIAL
INFORMATION OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION] product.
1.22 "Continuing Royalty Product" shall mean Original Royalty Product other
than any [CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION] that is [CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION
OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION]
with an [CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION] in an [CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION
OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION]
1.23 "Royalty Product" shall mean either Original Royalty Product or
Continuing Royalty Product as appropriate.
2.0 MUTUAL RELEASES
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2.1 AMD hereby releases, acquits and forever discharges INTEL and its
Subsidiaries from any and all claims or liability for infringement of any
AMD Patents arising prior to the Effective Date of this Agreement.
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2.2 INTEL hereby releases, acquits and forever discharges AMD and its
Subsidiaries from any and all claims or liability for infringement of any
INTEL Patents arising prior to the Effective Date of this Agreement.
3.0 GRANT OF LICENSES AND COVENANT BY AMD
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3.1 Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, AMD hereby grants
to INTEL non-exclusive, non-transferable, royalty-free, worldwide
licenses without the right to sublicense, under AMD Patents, to make, to
have made, to use, to import, to sell (either directly or indirectly) and
offer to sell (either directly or indirectly), to lease and to otherwise
dispose of INTEL Licensed Products, to do such other acts in regard to
INTEL Licensed Products as may, during the term of such licenses, be
within the scope of the patent grant and to have made and/or use any
equipment, or practice any method or process for the manufacture and sale
thereof of INTEL Licensed Products.
3.2 Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, AMD grants a
limited covenant not to sue any purchaser of an INTEL Licensed Product
[CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION] This covenant shall not apply to
[CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION] Furthermore, this covenant shall
apply only to the extent that [CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION OMITTED AND FILED
SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION] The covenant
shall not apply in the event that a binding decision in a legal
proceeding, including an arbitration, [CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION OMITTED
AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION]
3.3 With respect to the foundry activities of INTEL to manufacture products
for a third party based on a design supplied by that third party, the
licenses granted under AMD Patents shall not extend to those portions of
the product provided to the third party that represent designs provided
by such third party. The exclusion stated in this paragraph shall not
apply to [CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION]
3.4 Except as provided in Paragraph 3.5, nothing in this grant to INTEL or
otherwise contained in this Agreement shall give INTEL either the express
or implied right to license AMD Patents to others. Nor shall sale of
INTEL Integrated Circuits, Semiconductor Devices, and/or Circuit
Assemblies subject to a license grant herein provide or give rise to an
implied license, by estoppel or otherwise, in favor of third parties to
any AMD Patents covering combinations of Integrated Circuits,
Semiconductor Devices, and/or Circuit Assemblies or methods of using
such combinations. Nothing contained in this Paragraph shall limit the
covenant of Paragraph 3.2.
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3.5 The licenses granted to INTEL under this Section 3 shall also extend to
those qualified INTEL Subsidiaries in existence during the term of this
Agreement upon the condition that such Subsidiaries are bound by the
terms and conditions of this Agreement and that the patents of such
Subsidiaries, covering both utility models and design patents, and
applications therefore shall be included in INTEL Patents licensed in
this Agreement. The extension to an INTEL Subsidiary shall apply only
during the time period when the business entity meets all requirements of
a Subsidiary, and the rights extended to AMD remain in effect. Upon
written request by AMD, INTEL will give AMD written notice to identify
any INTEL Subsidiary to which such a license has been extended.
3.6 Nothing in this Section 3 shall be deemed as an agreement or prohibition
against the manufacture, use or sale of any product. However, the
licenses granted to INTEL under this Section 3 do not include a license
under AMD patents or other intellectual property to make, to have made,
to use, to import, to sell, offer to sell (either directly or
indirectly), to lease, or otherwise dispose of an Excluded AMD Product.
4.0 GRANT OF LICENSES AND COVENANT BY INTEL
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4.1 Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, INTEL hereby
grants to AMD non-exclusive, non-transferable, royalty-free, worldwide
licenses without the right to sublicense, under INTEL Patents, to make,
to have made, to use, to import, to sell (either directly or
indirectly), and offer to sell (either directly or indirectly), to lease
and to otherwise dispose of AMD Licensed Products, to do such other acts
in regard to AMD Licensed Products as may, during the term of such
licenses, be within the scope of the patent grant and to have made and/or
use any equipment, or practice any method or process for the manufacture
or sale thereof of AMD Licensed Products.
4.2 Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, INTEL grants a
limited covenant not to sue any purchaser of an AMD Licensed Product
[CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION] This covenant shall not apply to
[CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION] Furthermore, this covenant shall
apply only to the extent that [CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION OMITTED AND FILED
SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION] The covenant
shall not apply in the event that a binding decision in a legal
proceeding, including an arbitration, [CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION OMITTED
AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION]
4.3 With respect to the foundry activities of AMD to manufacture products for
a third party based on a product design supplied by that third party, the
licenses granted under Intel
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patents shall not extend to those portions of the product provided to the
third party that represent designs provided by such third party. The
exclusion stated in this paragraph shall not apply to [CONFIDENTIAL
INFORMATION OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION]
4.4 Except as provided in Paragraph 4.5, nothing in this grant to AMD or
otherwise contained in this Agreement shall give AMD either the express
or implied right to license INTEL Patents to others. Nor shall sale of
AMD Integrated Circuits, Semiconductor Devices, and/or Circuit Assemblies
subject to a license grant herein provide or give rise to an implied
license, by estoppel or otherwise, in favor of third parties to any INTEL
Patents covering combinations of Integrated Circuits, Semiconductor
Devices, and/or Circuit Assemblies or methods of using such combinations.
Nothing contained in this Paragraph shall limit the covenant of Paragraph
4.2.
4.5 The licenses granted to AMD under this Section 4 shall also extend to
those qualified AMD Subsidiaries in existence during the term of this
Agreement, upon the condition that such Subsidiaries are bound by the
terms and conditions of this Agreement and that the patents of such
Subsidiaries, covering both utility models and design patents, and
applications therefor, shall be included in the AMD Patents licensed by
this Agreement. The extension to an AMD Subsidiary shall apply only
during the time period when the business entity meets all requirements of
a Subsidiary, and the rights extended to INTEL remain in effect. Upon
written request by INTEL, AMD will give INTEL written notice to identify
any AMD Subsidiary to which such a license has been extended.
4.6 Nothing in this Section 4 shall be deemed as an agreement or prohibition
against the manufacture, use or sale of any product. However, the
licenses granted to AMD under this Section 4 do not include a license
under INTEL patents or other intellectual property to make, to have made,
to use, to import, to sell, offer to sell (either directly or
indirectly), to lease, or otherwise dispose of an Excluded INTEL Product.
4.7 Notwithstanding the limitations of this Section 4, the licenses granted
under INTEL Patents shall, during the term of this Agreement, extend to
Original Royalty Product made by AMD in an AMD Facility and to Original
Royalty Product made for AMD only to the extent of no more than
[CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION] of the annual total units of Original
Royalty Product shipped to a third party, upon payment by AMD of the
royalties contained in Section 5.
4.8 Notwithstanding the limitations of this Section 4, the licenses granted
under INTEL Patents shall, after the expiration of this Agreement under
the provisions of Paragraph 8.1, extend to a Continuing Royalty Product
made by AMD in an AMD Facility and to Continuing Royalty Product made for
AMD only to the extent of no more than [CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION OMITTED
AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION] of the
annual total units of Continuing Royalty Product shipped to a third
party, upon payment by AMD of the royalties contained in Section 5. In
the event that
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AMD elects to pay the royalties contained in Section 5, [CONFIDENTIAL
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COMMISSION]
5.0 ROYALTY PAYMENTS BY AMD
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5.1(a) AMD agrees to pay INTEL a royalty of [CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION OMITTED
AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION] for all
units of Royalty Products sold by AMD or its Subsidiaries to an unrelated
party anywhere in the world. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the royalty
rate for Royalty Products having [CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION OMITTED AND
FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION]
5.1(b) Intel represents that for the term of this agreement, [CONFIDENTIAL
INFORMATION OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION] excluding, without limitation, [CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION
OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION]
by the operation of law, [CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION OMITTED AND FILED
SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION] The parties agree
that in no event shall INTEL's performance under the terms of this
provision be a cause of legal action or termination for material breach.
5.2 AMD agrees to pay INTEL a minimum [CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION OMITTED AND
FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION] royalty of
[CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION] upon execution of this Agreement and
[CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION] per year during the years
[CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION] payable in four equal quarterly
installments with the Royalty Statement, and applied as a credit on an
AMD accounting year basis against the percentage royalty due on Original
Royalty Products in that accounting year. No minimum, annual royalty is
due for any period [CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY
WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION]
5.3 The sales price used to determine royalty due for units of Royalty
Product transferred internally by AMD for use in construction of a
combination for sale to another party shall be calculated using the
average unit selling price, of units having similar specifications and
sold during the royalty reporting period.
5.4 All royalties under this Section 5.0 will be payable in US dollars on a
quarterly basis thirty (30) days after the close of the AMD accounting
quarter commencing at the end of the first quarter of 1996. AMD shall
deliver to INTEL a written Royalty Statement showing the royalty
calculation. Royalty Statements shall be sent to Post Contract
Management, SC4-210, 2200 Mission College Blvd., Santa Clara, California
95052. Royalty payments shall be made in US dollars by wire transfer to
Citibank, New York, New York, for the account of INTEL Corporation
General Account Number [CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION OMITTED AND FILED
SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION]
5.5 All payments shall be made free and clear without deduction for any and
all present and future taxes imposed by any taxing authority. In the
event that AMD is prohibited by law from making such payments unless such
deductions are made or withheld therefrom, then AMD shall pay such
additional amounts as are necessary in order that the net amounts
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received by INTEL, after such deduction or withholding, equal the amounts
which would have been received if such deduction or withholding had not
occurred. AMD shall promptly furnish INTEL with a copy of an official tax
receipt or other appropriate evidence of any taxes imposed on payments
made under this Agreement, including taxes on any additional amounts
paid. In cases other than taxes referred to above including but not
limited to sales and use taxes, stamp taxes, value added taxes, property
taxes and other taxes or duties imposed by any taxing authority on or
with respect to the Agreement, the costs of such taxes or duties shall be
borne by AMD. In the event that such taxes or duties are legally imposed
initially on INTEL or INTEL is later assessed by any taxing authority,
then INTEL will be promptly reimbursed by AMD for such taxes or duties
together with any penalties, fines and interest thereon, except for
interest, fines and/or penalties assessed due to the negligence, failure
or fault of INTEL which interest, fines and/or penalties remain the sole
obligation of INTEL. This clause shall survive the termination of the
Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, AMD shall not be responsible
for taxes on or measured by INTEL's net income.
INTEL agrees to make every good faith effort to notify AMD's tax
department within ten (10) days of any audit, notice, assessment or other
action affecting sales, use, stamp, value added, property or other taxes
to paid directly or indirectly by AMD. INTEL agrees to cooperate in a
reasonable manner with AMD for the purpose of minimizing taxes, that
pursuant to this section are to be paid directly or indirectly by AMD.
INTEL grants AMD the right to pursue a separate action against any
governmental unit that asserts such taxes against INTEL and INTEL agrees
to cooperate in a reasonable manner with AMD if such action is taken.
5.6 AMD agrees that any payments required under the terms of this Agreement
which are not paid when due will accrue interest at [CONFIDENTIAL
INFORMATION OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION] commencing thirty (30) days after the due date as established
by this Agreement. The right to collect interest on such late payments
shall be in addition to any other rights that INTEL may have herein.
5.7 AMD agrees to maintain adequate accounting records of all production and
sales of the products subject to a royalty sufficient to permit a
confirmation of AMD's royalty obligations herein for a period of three
(3) years after manufacture for purposes of audit.
5.8 The parties agree that INTEL shall have the right to conduct audits of
AMD for the purpose of determining that the terms of this Agreement are
being met. Such audit shall be held at any reasonable time during
business hours but no more than once in each calendar year by an
independent certified public accountant selected and paid by INTEL and
reasonably satisfactory to AMD, to the extent necessary to verify that
the terms of this Agreement are being met, including the Royalty
Statements and payments provided herein. In this regard, AMD agrees to
provide such certified public accountant with reasonable access to
accounting records and information requested during an audit. The
information will be made available to the independent accounting firm
under conditions of
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confidentiality and it will report to INTEL and to AMD only whether the
terms of this Agreement are being met, including without limitation that
payments have been properly reported on and paid or, if not, the amount
of any overpayment or underpayment. This provision will survive the last
payment of a royalty under this Agreement for a period of three (3)
years.
6.0 COPYRIGHT LICENSES
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6.1 Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, INTEL grants to
AMD licenses under INTEL copyrights in both [CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION
OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION]
described in the [CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY
WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION] and the [CONFIDENTIAL
INFORMATION OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION] and [CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY
WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION] for [CONFIDENTIAL
INFORMATION OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION] to copy, have copied, import, prepare derivative works of,
perform, display, and sell or otherwise distribute such mnemonics and the
related opcodes in user manuals and other technical documentation.
6.2 Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, AMD grants to
INTEL licenses under AMD copyrights in [CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION OMITTED
AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION] for an
[CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION] developed by AMD, including without
limitation a derivative work of an [CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION OMITTED AND
FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION] and the
[CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION] for the [CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION
OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION]
to copy, have copied, import, prepare derivative works of, perform,
display, and sell or otherwise distribute such mnemonics and the related
opcodes in user manuals and other technical documentation.
7.0 PRIOR LICENSE
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7.1 This Agreement shall govern all patent license grants between INTEL and
AMD for all patents having an issue date, in the country of issue, after
December 31, 1995. The License Agreement dated September 21, 1976,
between INTEL and AMD, and extensions thereof, as modified in Paragraph
7.2 of this Agreement shall govern all patent license grants between
INTEL and AMD for all patents having an issue date in the country of
issue on or before December 31, 1995. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
specific and special purpose patent licenses such as those contained in
the Settlement Agreement between INTEL and AMD dated January 11, 1995;
the PCI Special Interest Group Agreement; or other such agreements shall
control in addition to the provisions in this Paragraph 7.1 for the
purpose of providing broader patent rights licensed in such agreements.
7.2 All prior licenses granted in the License Agreement date September 21,
1976, between INTEL and AMD, and extensions thereof, that apply to the
foundry activities of AMD or INTEL to manufacture products for a third
party based on a design supplied by that third party to AMD or INTEL are
revoked for those portions of the product provided to the third party by
AMD or INTEL that represent designs provided by such third party. The
revocation stated in this paragraph shall not apply to [CONFIDENTIAL
INFORMATION OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION] or [CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY
WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION] of
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AMD or INTEL that either party incorporates into any [CONFIDENTIAL
INFORMATION OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION] that AMD or INTEL manufactures for its customers.
8.0 EFFECTIVE DATE, TERM AND TERMINATION
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8.1 This Agreement shall become effective on the Effective Date, and shall
continue in effect, unless sooner terminated as elsewhere provided in
this Agreement, through December 31, 2000, expiring at the end of such
day.
8.2 If either party hereto commits a material breach of this Agreement and
does not correct such breach within forty-five (45) days after written
notice complaining thereof is given to such party, this Agreement may be
terminated forthwith by written notice to that effect from the
complaining party.
8.3 This Agreement is a license for "Intellectual Property" as that term is
defined under Section 365(n) of the Bankruptcy Code.
8.4 If this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Paragraph 8.2, all licenses
granted to the defaulting party and its Subsidiaries shall terminate
forthwith, but the licenses granted to the party not in default and its
Subsidiaries shall survive such termination of this Agreement for the
life or lives of AMD Patents or INTEL Patents, as the case may be.
8.5 Upon the expiration of this Agreement, the licenses extended under
Paragraph 4.7 shall end and the other licenses granted pursuant to this
Agreement by one party hereto and its Subsidiaries, to the other party
hereto and its Subsidiaries under AMD Patents or INTEL Patents, as the
case may be, shall survive for the life or lives of AMD Patents or INTEL
Patents, as the case may be. In addition, upon the expiration of this
Agreement, the licenses granted pursuant to this Agreement by one party
hereto and its Subsidiaries, to the other party hereto and its
Subsidiaries under AMD copyrights or INTEL copyrights, as the case may
be, shall survive for the life or lives of AMD copyrights or INTEL
copyrights, as the case may be.
8.6 Upon expiration or termination of this Agreement the provisions of
Sections 5, 7 and 9 shall survive.
9.0 MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
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9.1 Each of the parties hereto represents and warrants that it has the right
to grant the other the licenses granted herein.
9.2 If AMD completes an acquisition of NexGen, Inc. (NexGen), then AMD shall
take appropriate action to assure that all patents and patent
applications owned by NexGen at any time prior to or after the
acquisition shall be included as AMD Patents licensed to INTEL under this
Agreement. AMD presently intends to acquire all such patents and patent
applications owned by NexGen in the event of such acquisition. Prior to
such
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acquisition, AMD shall take no action to prevent all such patents and
patent applications owned by NexGen from being included as AMD Patents
licensed to Intel under this Agreement. If after AMD completes the
acquisition of NexGen, such patents and patent applications owned by
NexGen do not become AMD Patents under this Agreement within a reasonable
time, then all AMD products based on designs provided by NexGen shall be
excluded from the license grants and all other rights provided to AMD in
this Agreement.
9.3 Nothing contained in this Agreement shall be construed as:
(a) a warranty or representation by any of the parties to this Agreement
as to the validity or scope of any class or type of patent, utility
model and/or design patent; or
(b) a warranty or representation that any manufacture, sale, lease, use
or other disposition of Licensed Products herein will be free from
infringement of patents, utility models and/or design patents other
than those under which licenses have been granted; or
(c) an agreement to bring or prosecute actions or suits against third
parties for infringement or conferring any right to bring or
prosecute actions or suits against third parties for infringement; or
(d) conferring any right to use in advertising, publicity, or otherwise,
any trademark, trade name or names, or any contraction, abbreviation
or simulation thereof, of either party; or
(e) conferring by implication, estoppel or otherwise, upon any party
licensed herein, any license or other right under any class or type
of patent, utility model or design patent except the licenses and
rights expressly granted herein; or
(f) conferring by implication, estoppel or otherwise, upon any party
licensed herein, any license or other right under any copyright
(except for the express grants contained in Section 6.0), maskwork,
or trade secret right; or
(g) an obligation to furnish any technical information or know-how.
9.4 This Agreement is personal to the parties, and the Agreement or any right
or obligation herein, cannot be assigned, whether in conjunction with a
change in ownership, or the sale or transfer of the whole or any part of
a party's business or assets, either voluntarily, by operation of law, or
otherwise, without the prior written consent of the other party. Any such
purported assignment or transfer shall be null and void. In the event
that a third party reaches an agreement to acquire a Controlling Interest
in either party then the party being acquired shall deliver an
acquisition agreement notice to the non-acquired party, providing the
terms of the acquisition agreement and the identity of the acquiring
third party in strict confidence to the executive management and legal
counsel of the non-acquired party. The non-acquired party shall have the
right to terminate this Agreement
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by the delivery of written notice to the party being acquired within
thirty (30) days after the non-acquired party receives the acquisition
agreement notice from the party being acquired. Such termination by the
non-acquired party shall be effective nine (9) months after the date of
closing for the acquisition of the Controlling Interest in the party
being acquired, with both parties to this Agreement retaining the license
grants of a party not in default set forth in Paragraph 8.4 but not
including the extensions of Paragraph 4.7 and 4.8. Assignment by either
party of any of its patents, or the applications thereof, which qualify
as Licensed Patents as defined herein, shall not affect the license
rights acquired herein to such patent(s), and any such assignment shall
be subject to the continuing license rights of the other party.
9.5 All notices required or permitted to be given herein shall be in writing
and shall be valid and sufficient if dispatched by prepaid air express
or by registered airmail, postage prepaid, addressed as follows:
If to AMD: If to INTEL:
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General Counsel General Counsel
Advanced Micro Devices INTEL Corporation
One AMD Place 2200 Mission College Blvd.
P.O. Box 3453, M/S 150 Santa Clara, CA 95052
Sunnyvale, CA 94088-3453 United States of America
Either party may give written notice of a change of address and, after
notice of such change has been received, any notice or request shall
thereafter be given to such party as above provided at such changed
address.
9.6 This Agreement embodies the entire understanding of the parties with
respect to the subject matter hereof, and merges all prior discussions
between them, and neither of the parties shall be bound by any
conditions, definitions, warranties, understandings, or representations
with respect to the subject matter hereof other than as expressly
provided herein. No oral explanation or oral information by either party
hereto shall alter the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement. No
modification, alteration, addition or change in the terms hereof shall be
binding on either party unless reduced to writing and duly executed by
the parties.
9.7 This Agreement and matters connected with the performance thereof shall
be construed, interpreted, applied and governed in all respects in
accordance with the laws of the United States of America and the State of
Delaware.
9.8 The parties hereto shall keep the terms of this Agreement confidential
and shall not now or hereafter divulge these terms to any third party
except:
(a) with the prior written consent of the other party; or
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(b) to any governmental body having jurisdiction to call therefor; or
(c) as otherwise may be required by law or legal process; or
(d) during the course of litigation so long as the disclosure of such
terms and conditions are restricted in the same manner as is the
confidential information of other parties and so long as (a) the
restrictions are embodied in a court-entered Protective Order and (b)
the disclosing party informs the other party in writing in advance of
the disclosure.
The parties shall cooperate in preparing and releasing an announcement
relating to this Agreement within fourteen (14) days after execution. The
parties may disclose the existence of this Agreement to third parties,
including whether a product is licensed herein, but not the details of
this Agreement except as otherwise provided in this Paragraph 9.8.
9.9 Anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, the
obligations of the parties hereto and of their Subsidiaries shall be
subject to all laws, present and future, of any government having
jurisdiction over the parties hereto or their Subsidiaries, and to
orders, regulations, directions or requests of any such government. The
parties hereto shall be excused from any failure to perform any
obligation herein to the extent such failure is caused by war, acts of
public enemies, strikes or other labor disturbances, fires, floods, acts
of God, or any causes of like or different kind beyond the control of the
parties.
9.10 All disputes arising directly under the express terms of this Agreement
shall be resolved as follows: First, the senior management of both
parties shall meet within a reasonable time after a notice of dispute to
attempt to resolve such disputes. If the disputes cannot be resolved by
the senior management, either party may make a written demand for formal
dispute resolution. Within thirty (30) days after such written
notification, the parties shall meet for one (1) day with an impartial
mediator and consider dispute resolution alternatives other than
litigation. If an alternative method of dispute resolution is not agreed
upon within thirty (30) days after the one (1) day mediation, either
party may begin litigation proceedings.
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9.11 The parties agree to begin negotiating in good faith after the fourth
anniversary of this Agreement a patent cross license agreement to be
effective January 1, 2001.
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly
executed on the date below written.
INTEL CORPORATION ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC.
By: /s/ CRAIG R. BARRETT By: /s/ RICHARD PREVITE
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Craig R. Barrett Richard Previte
Executive Vice President, President,
Chief Operating Officer Chief Operating Officer
December 20, 1995 December 20, 1995
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