OTHER NEWS - March 10, 1992

Texas Instruments Joins Lawsuit Over 386 Chip: Seeking to defend an agreement under which it will manufacturer a version of the 386 microprocessor developed by Chips & Technologies, Texas Instruments became a party to the patent-infringement lawsuit that Intel has filed against Chips. Texas Instruments will argue that whether or not the Chips design infringes on Intel’s 386 patents--and Chips says it does not--any 386s it builds are protected by a broad cross-licensing deal with Intel. Chips is hoping to become the second company--after Advanced Micro Devices--to take a piece of Intel’s lucrative 386 business.