Intel, AmberWave settle chip patent lawsuits

Intel Corp. and semiconductor developer AmberWave Systems Corp. settled lawsuits over patents for ways to make chips.

Under the accord, Intel will license AmberWave’s technology for 10 years. The companies also agreed to continue talks and evaluate Salem, N.H.-based AmberWave’s research and development efforts. All other terms are confidential, Santa Clara, Calif.-based Intel said.

Intel in July sued in federal court in Delaware seeking a ruling that it wasn’t infringing an AmberWave patent for a method of coating chips to make them work faster.