> a) Intel doesn't own the technology, but licensed it from another 
>    vendor.  The licensing terms don't allow Intel to release full 
>    details.
>
> b) Intel has agreements with other customers/vendors to not release 
>    information about a particular piece of hardware.
>
> c) Intel doesn't feel that it's worth the cost to provide information
>    for driver developers.

d) There are so many patents issued for obvious techniques used in
   computer peripheral chips that releasing documentation might tempt
   an ethically challenged company to sue them for royalties.

Intel has been on record as stating that patent issues are now a
significant problem for them.

-wolfgang
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Wolfgang S. Rupprecht                http://www.wsrcc.com/wolfgang/

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