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Some bad news for Intel:

Intel hit with billion dollar bill for CPU patent infringement
https://www.pcgamer.com/intel-hit-with-billion-dollar-bill-for-cpu-patent-infringement/
Intel has lost another lawsuit over CPU tech patent infringements with VSLI. This time around, the judgement is worth a cool $948.8 million (opens in new tab) and covers infringements contained in Intel's Cascade Lake and Skylake family CPUs (opens in new tab).

It's unclear whether the judgement covers all CPUs based on the Skylake architecture, which were produced right up to and including Comet Lake of 2020 (opens in new tab), or if it applies only to the original 2015 Skylake generation.

VSLI is a patent-holding company ultimately owned by Softbank Group, the Japanese conglomerate that also has a controlling stake in ARM, the UK CPU designer that dominates smartphones, tablets and other low power devices.

Inevitably, Intel "strongly disagrees" with the decision taken by a federal jury in Texas to award nearly $1 billion to VSLI and claims the decision demonstrates that the U.S. patent system is in urgent need of reform. Intel says it will appeal the decision.

In March this year, another case involving Intel and VSLI also went in the latter's favour, costing Intel an even heftier $2.2 billion. Further VSLI-Intel trials are due to be litigated in US courts later this year.

Intel will likely appeal the decision, but it's not really the best time for Intel to pay so much money.

And it's quite hypocrital from Intel to complain about a patent system they've used it in the past against other companies.