On October 11, 2002, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas ruled that Intel's 64-bit Itanium and Itanium 2 processors infringed two of Intergraph's U.S. patents for Parallel Instruction Computing technology ("PIC"). In his decision, Judge T. John Ward found both of Intergraph's patents to be "valid and enforceable" and held that Intergraph was entitled to an injunction on the sale of Itanium processors. Intel will ask the Court to reconsider the decision before entering a final judgment. If reconsideration is denied, Intel has indicated that it plans to appeal the ruling. For a copy of the settlement agreement, visit: http://makeashorterlink.com/?K1D425932 To view Intel's press release, visit: http://www.intel.com/pressroom/archive/releases/20021011corp.htm To view Intergraph's press release, visit: http://www.intergraph.com/press02/intel10-10.asp For more information, visit: http://news.com.com/2100-1001-961695.html

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