Incredible Idea for Intel (Intel if you're reading cut me a check)

So I just regurgitated this idea out of my head while under the influence of lotsa liquor. Intel could fabricate special coding in thier processors that interact only with the untel ssd's and give them a big big boost in performance while also lessening the power usage. No other companies ssd's could access the special turbo mode for ssd drives so intel drives would automatically be the highest performers unless some 1 worked rly hard to make 1 faster even without the secret code. Genius idea I know this would basicallt force people to get the intel ssd or be stuck with slower drive that doesnt support latest ssd short cut commands

 

Welcome to the kind of things that got them sued by AMD. They can't really do that legally.

 

Yeah, And you better be a fast runner, if people find out it was you who had the bright idea when their non Intel SSD is crippled

 

I understood the opposite. I gathered that Intel would boost their SSDs, not cripple or hinder the competitors'. Something along the lines of "fine tuning" or "Wonder Twin powers".
I don't know if this interpretation would be legal anyway, but it doesn't sound as dirty .

 

To the plantif it is crippled, to the defendent it has turbo speed. The problem here is the idea of a secret code either hindering or eliminating a feature access. Now optimizing a feature set is fair game.

Problem there is you have to be truthfull about the devices feature set. This then can be reverse enginered for equal or, god forbid, better usage or access. If you are not real carefull that newly addopted puppy can easily become a mad dog that will come back and bite you...........

 

AMD didn't sue Intel over things like that...that settlement was over Intel coercing PC manufacturers into exclusive deals that blocked out AMD, and because Intel kept threatening to revoke AMD's x86 license.

You're thinking of Nvidia wanting to sue Intel for forcing Nvidia out of the chipset business by moving the IGP and memory controller onto the CPU die. As far as I know though, Nvidia didn't actually file a lawsuit themselves, they're just cheering on the FTC's lawsuit against Intel in hopes that the FTC will force Intel into selling x86 licenses to companies that want to compete in the CPU business.


So long as the OP's idea doesn't involve Intel purposely degrading the performance of non-Intel SSDs it wouldn't be illegal....just like it wouldn't be illegal for AMD to improve on it's Hybrid Crossfire technology to make ATI GPUs perform even better when paired with an AMD IGP or Llano APU. :wink: