Quote Originally Posted by jt1 View Post
Intel's large market share of CPU's sold reminds me of the kind of monopoly that the Windows OS holds. For example, Windows can package a browser (Internet Explorer) with its OS to get market share in the browser sector. Similarly, Intel can do this with chipsets. Just change FSB/QPI enough to be considered "different", and Intel can hold exclusive rights on the next chipset.
The point is: QPI is different from FSB,you have license for FSb if FSB is different from QPI then your license doesn't extend to the QPI technology