[SunRescue] Real ISP

Stefan Skoglund stetson at ebox.tninet.se
Sun Feb 27 07:14:16 CST 2000


Kris Kirby wrote:
> 
> > What in the heck is a "clipper"???
> 
> It's not the government-escrow encryption chip. It's an Intergraph
> designed and built processor. Intergraph and Intel are still enbroiled in
> a suit in which Intergraph states that Intel stole patented features from
> the Clipper processor and implemented them into the Pentium line without
> Intergraph's permission or license. One of those, we'll do this, or you
> won't get your processors.

Wrong. Fairchild did the clipper line of processors.
They are from the same time-frame as early sparc, i860, m88000
and early ibm rs6000.






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