Intel in Patent Dispute With NH Firm

From the San Jose Mercury News:

Santa Clara chip maker Intel has filed a lawsuit seeking a ruling that it isn't infringing a patent for a method of chip fabrication held by semiconductor developer AmberWave Systems.

In the suit, filed Tuesday in federal court in Delaware, Intel says that its products don't use the same technology as Salem, N.H.-based AmberWave's protected process for coating chips to make them work faster. AmberWave was awarded the patent Tuesday.

Bryan Lord, AmberWave's general counsel, wouldn't immediately comment on the Intel lawsuit.

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