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It is common for engineers and purchasers to avoid components that are only available from a single source, to avoid the risk that a problem with the supplier would prevent a popular and profitable product from being manufactured. For simple components such as resistors and transistors, this is not
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only allowed AMD to "use" the microcode but not to sell products incorporating it. The courts eventually decided in favor of AMD.
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is a company that is licensed to manufacture and sell components originally designed by another company (the first source).
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and its related support components. This second-source agreement is particularly famous for leading to much
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American Industry in International Competition: Government Policies And Corporate Strategies
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The AMD-Intel, AMD-Fujitsu Cross-License and Joint Venture Agreement
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the 386, and Intel then claimed that AMD's license to the 386
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Second-source
electronics industry
integrated circuits
cross-licensing

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MOS Technology
Rockwell
Synertek
6502
Intel
AMD
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litigation between the two parties
masks
386
reverse-engineered
microcode
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