On September 1st, Intel filed its own response to AMD's complaint. Intel's response is, for the most part, a pro forma legal statement of denial. The only claims Intel admits to are perfunctory factual ones. Intel admits, for example, that AMD launched the Opteron in 2003, but denies the interpretive meaning AMD claims for that processor launch, strenuously denies that AMD is now in a position of technological leadership, and denies that it copied the x86-64 extension set. Several of the positions Intel takes (and the reasons for its denial), are more interesting, and may be an early indication of legal strategies the chip giant intends to pursue. Instead of walking through the Intel response point by point, I've pinpointed certain key themes and counter-claims and will discuss them below.

The TechReport