Microunity sues Dell, Intel over hyperthreading, multimedia instructions

A REPORT SAID that a chip company in Silicon Valley has taken legal action against Dell and Intel in Texas.

According to the New York Times, Microunity Systems Engineering is suing both the firms over allegedly using its technology for multimedia computing and for a process called "hyperthreading" which Intel heavily promotes in its latest Pentium IV chips.

The report said the action is being taken by lawyers who also represented Intergraph, which has picked up $150 million from Chipzilla over patent violations so far.

Microunity's case rests on instruction sets that Intel has used in Pentium III and Pentium IV processors, and for hyperthreading technology.

Microunity Systems Engineering still sells a "media processor". µ

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