UPDATE 4-Intel to pay AMD $1.25 bln, settle disputes
* Agree to five-year cross-licensing deal
* AMD to drop all complaints, litigation against Intel
* Paves way for GlobalFoundries to be independent of AMD
* U.S. Federal Trade Commission reviewing the settlement
* AMD shares up 22 pct, Intel shares edge down 0.8 pct (Adds analyst quotes, Nvidia comment, background)
By David Lawsky
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov 12 (Reuters) - Intel Corp (INTC.O) will pay rival chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD.N) $1.25 billion to settle all outstanding legal disputes, in a move that can hasten the resolution of Intel's antitrust troubles.
AMD, whose shares jumped 22 percent, agreed to withdraw essentially all its regulatory complaints and litigation against Intel, ending a global campaign that it has waged on the world's largest chipmaker for 12 years.
Some analysts said the deal takes the steam out of a pending U.S. Federal Trade Commission investigation into Intel's business practices. Continued...


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