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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
Current Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
The Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report: January 5, 1996
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC.
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
DELAWARE 1-7882 94-1692300
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(State or other jurisdiction (Commission (I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation) File Number) Identification No.)
One AMD Place,
P.O. Box 3453
Sunnyvale, California 94088-3453
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(address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number,
including area code: (408) 732-2400
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Item 5. Other Events.
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On January 5, 1996, Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (the "Company") and Intel
Corporation ("Intel") announced that they had signed a five-year, comprehensive
patent cross-license agreement. The companies had agreed to negotiate the
license as a result of the settlement announced in January, 1995.
The new agreement follows a patent cross-license arrangement between the
companies that expired at the end of 1995. Effective January 1, 1996, the new
agreement gives the Company and Intel the rights to use each others' patents and
certain copyrights, exclusive of, microprocessor microcode copyrights. The
Company agreed in the January, 1995, settlement agreement that it would not use
Intel microcode beyond the Intel 486(TM) processor code.
The license is royalty-bearing for products that use certain technologies,
though specific financial terms were not disclosed.
The Company believes that the agreement will provide it with full legal
rights to use all enabling Intel intellectual property necessary to continue
providing its customers with competitive products that are fully software
compatible with the Intel instruction set.
Except for the historical information contained herein, certain of the
matters discussed in this report are forward looking statements that involve
risks and uncertainties, including such risks and uncertainties as are described
in registration statements, reports and other documents filed by the Company
from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the
Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Specific
reference is made to the risks and uncertainties described in the Registration
Statement on Form 3-4 (Registration No. 33-64911) filed by the Company in
connection with its planned acquisition of NexGen, Inc., and, in particular, to
the risk factors entitled "Dependence on Microprocessor Revenues," "New Products
and Technological Change" and "Competition," and to the descriptions therein
concerning dominant market position of Intel.
Item 7. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
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(c) Exhibits:
99 Press release dated January 5, 1996
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SIGNATURES
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC.
(Registrant)
Date: January 12, 1996 By: /s/ MARVIN D. BURKETT
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Marvin D. Burkett
Senior Vice President, Chief
Financial and Administrative
Officer and Treasurer
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Exhibit Index
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Exhibit Number Exhibit
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99 Press release dated January 5, 1996
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[LETTERHEAD OF ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC.]
NEWS RELEASE
For further information:
Chuck Mulloy, AMD
(408) 749-5481
or
John Thompson, Intel
(408) 765-1279
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES AND INTEL SIGN PATENT
CROSS-LICENSE AGREEMENT
SUNNYVALE, CA ... January 5, 1996 ... Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) and Intel
today announced that they have signed a five-year, comprehensive patent cross-
license agreement. The companies had agreed to negotiate the license as a result
of a litigation settlement announced in January 1995.
The new agreement follows a patent cross-license arrangement between the
companies that expired at the end of 1995. Effective January 1, 1996, the new
pact gives AMD and Intel the rights to use each others' patents and certain
copyrights, exclusive of microprocessor microcode copyrights. AMD agreed in the
January 1995 settlement agreement that it would not use Intel microcode beyond
the Intel 486(TM) processor code.
The cross-license is royalty-bearing for products that use certain technologies,
though specific financial terms were not disclosed.
"Licensing is one way of ensuring others respect our intellectual property,"
said Craig Barrett, Intel's chief operating officer. "It also allows us to
provide our shareholders with a continuing return on the massive investments we
make on their behalf."
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"This agreement ensures that AMD has legal rights to all the enabling Intel
intellectual property necessary to continue providing our customers with
competitive products that are fully software compatible with the Intel
instruction set," said W.J. Sanders III, chairman and chief executive officer of
AMD.
Focusing on the personal and networked computing and communications markets,
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., produces microprocessors and related peripherals,
flash memories, programmable logic devices, and circuits for telecommunications
and networking applications. Founded in 1969, AMD reported 1994 revenues of $2.1
billion. With headquarters in Sunnyvale, California, AMD has sales offices
worldwide and manufacturing facilities in Sunnyvale; Austin, Texas; Bangkok,
Thailand; Penang, Malaysia; Singapore and Aizu-Wakamatsu, Japan.
Intel, the world's largest chip maker, is also a leading manufacturer of
personal computer, networking and communications products.
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