BEIJING,
Jan. 12 (Xinhuanet) -- Intel has filed a countersuit against Transmeta Corp, a
chip designer company, alleging that the company infringes on seven of its
patents, media reports said Friday.
Intel, the world's largest computer chipmaker,
accused Tuesday Transmeta in a U.S. District Court in Delaware, saying that
Transmeta chips under the Crusoe, Efficeon and Efficeon 2 brands infringe its
seven patents relating to microprocessor technology.
On its part, Transmeta, in October 2006, claimed
that Intel's Core 2 Duo, Core and Pentium processors infringed 11 of
its patents, and sued Intel in the same place.
"As expected, Intel has filed a timely response," said
Greg Rose, a Transmeta spokesman, noting that the company "is not able to
comment until it has had a chance to review the cross-complaint."
Transmeta, founded in 1995, is one of the early
pioneers of energy-efficient chips, filing some of its patents as far back as
1991 -- predating Intel's Pentium Pro, Transmeta said.
Both lawsuits seek injunctions against the offending
company's continuing sale of infringing chips, as well as unspecified damages.
(Agencies)
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