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From: baba@spar.UUCP (Baba ROM DOS)
Newsgroups: net.micro
Subject: Re: NEC V20 8088 compatible microproces
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Date: Mon, 9-Sep-85 17:05:41 EDT
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Posted: Mon Sep  9 17:05:41 1985
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> If they are not anywhere close to the same, then why is Intel suing
> NEC for stealing their microcode?
> 
>  Phil Ngai (408) 749-5720

Well, it would seem to be to Intel's advantage to keep NEC out of their market
by any means available, and if they can use the courts and the anti-Japanese
hysteria of the moment to do so, so much the better.  I'm not saying that this
is what has happened.  The evidence released to the press so far has been 
pretty inconclusive and at times contradictory.  My question is: If NEC
*did* steal Intel's microcode, why are the V20s reported to be 15% faster than
their born-in-the-USA brethren, at the same CPU clock rate?

						Baba