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Guru3D.com » News » AMD Settles Bulldozer Core Count Lawsuit for 12 Million - 35 bucks per chip

AMD Settles Bulldozer Core Count Lawsuit for 12 Million - 35 bucks per chip

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 08/28/2019 07:57 AM | source: | 20 comment(s)
AMD Settles Bulldozer Core Count Lawsuit for 12 Million - 35 bucks per chip

A while ago we mentioned that AMD faced a lawsuit over the core count on Bulldozer processors. In claiming that its Bulldozer CPU had “8-cores”. The suit alleges AMD built the Bulldozer processors by stripping away components from two cores and combining what was left to make a single “module.” In doing so, however, the cores would longer work independently.

as it now seems, AMD is actually settling. A fifth of eligible people are likely to even bother to apply for the compensation, the agreement notes, and that means the people that do apply will get half of what they want without the hassle of a trial.  

 

 

In specific, the problem is bulldozer based processors. AMD introduced the modular back in the day with Bulldozer. The number of cores had been grouped into two, but were divided which are a module. The two "cores" within a module shared not only the L2 cache, but also the decoder, the FPU and the L1 instruction cache. To call this a native 8-core architecture is a slippery slope.

 

 

Each member of the group that joined the lawsuit receives a one-time payout of USD $35 per chip and that sums up towards a total of $12.1 million.



AMD Settles Bulldozer Core Count Lawsuit for 12 Million - 35 bucks per chip AMD Settles Bulldozer Core Count Lawsuit for 12 Million - 35 bucks per chip




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sverek



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#5704921 Posted on: 08/28/2019 07:49 AM
So do they pay $12.1M right away, or as bulldozer owners turn themselves in?

Undying
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#5704925 Posted on: 08/28/2019 08:03 AM
It reminds me of nvidia 970 vram settlement where nvidia agreed to pay up 30$ for every user.

sverek
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#5704955 Posted on: 08/28/2019 09:17 AM
It reminds me of nvidia 970 vram settlement where nvidia agreed to pay up 30$ for every user.

Which was only for USA, if I am not wrong. Kinda wanted to jump on that bandbagon.

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#5704958 Posted on: 08/28/2019 09:28 AM
yes, as in most country, law said that it was 3.5 + 0.5 and so is still 4.
the problem was more a communication problem.

So do they pay $12.1M right away, or as bulldozer owners turn themselves in?

if they win they will earn easy money on the back of AMD and of course the consumer isn't in the center of this lawsuit, but the money is (anyway no one care about the result exept them :) )

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#5704962 Posted on: 08/28/2019 09:36 AM
Guess that I somehow missed my chance of becoming a lawyer. Everything I hear is settling, lawsuit and money.
Oh cramp, why invest so much in tech education?!

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