AMD, Intel get down to antitrust fine print

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Red, orange and yellow

ROOMS FULL of documents in the antitrust case AMD is waging against Intel require quite some management, it appears.


Lawyers acting for the two chip firms have put forward two 15 page documents for the judge's approval which describe protocols to be followed in the case.

That includes file and media formats, with native format documents exchanged between the lawyers for Tweedledum and Tweedledee on CD, or DVD or portable hard drives.

If this wasn't enough, every piece of media needs a reference file which includes 12 identifiers including custodian names, hash values and more.

It emerges that Intel has a colour coding system for highly confidential "trade secret" information designated red, orange or yellow. Electronic versions can be produced in PDFs or in TIFF. AMD also wants to see documents from the Intergraph Intel case - these need special identification.

And hard copy need special treatment. Further, back up tapes will have to made in case of disaster recovery.

Intel and AMD will be allowed to have 15 lawyers or paralegals accessing all of this data - the class action lawyers will be allowed 15 too.

Oh, and on the first and 15th of each month, AMD and Intel will produce stuff for each other's lawyers - with the maximum amount not exceeding 1.5 million pages in 30 days. The lawyers must be rubbing their hands in anticipation of whacking fees if the case continues for years, as it probably will.

The INQuirer