NEC definitely does utilize ARM technology; they utilize the ARM7TDMI Core in their SoC Lite technology which TPL has claimed infringes upon ‘584. So, is it possible, that NEC signed an agreement today that only covers non-Arm technology, and in fact they are still on the hook or ARM is still on the hook for NEC products that are found to infringe on the ‘584 in <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />Texas? SGE, Ron, BA, thanks in advance. Really appreciate your insight, learned a lot from the likes of you 3 and others since participating on this board the last 10 months.

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