Intel Multicore Processors Infringe Patents, Complaint Says (1)

Intel Corp.‘s multicore processors include architecture that infringes a Swiss company’s patents, a complaint filed in Delaware federal court alleges.

Intel also uses the patented innovations in other technology that improves processor efficiency, the complaint, filed Feb. 7 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware, says.

PACT XPP Schweiz AG owns 12 patents related to processing systems with multiple cores stored on a single computer chip. Intel’s multicore processors use a type of architecture covered by the patents that allows communication between the cores and the processor’s graphics and cache system, the complaint alleges. Intel uses ...