UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`LG ELECTRONICS, INC.,
`Petitioner
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`V.
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`ATI TECHNOLOGIES ULC,
`Patent Owner
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`Case IPR2015-00326
`Patent 6,897,871
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`DECLARATION OF CALVIN WATSON
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`Mail Stop "Patent Board"
`Patent Trial and Appeal Board
`U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
`P.O. Box 1450
`Alexandria, VA 22313-1450
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`LG Ex. 1017
`AT! 2005
`LG v. ATI
`LG v. ATI
`IPR2015-003301PR2015-00326
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`LG Ex. 1017, pg 1
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`Table of Contents
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`I.
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`BACKGROUND AND INTRODUCTION
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`II. PERFORCE
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`A. Overview of How Perforce Works
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`B. Technical Specifications Saved in Perforce
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`C. Document Logs and Folder IIistories Saved in Perforce
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`III. AUTHENTICATION OF EXHIBITS
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`A. Authentication of Technical Specifications
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`1. Exhibit 2007-R400 Sequencer Specification (Version 0.1)
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`2. R400 Sequencer Specification (Version 0.2)
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`3. Exhibit 2009-R400
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`Sequencer Specification (Version 0.3)
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`4. Exhibit 2010-R400
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`Sequencer Specification (Version 0.4)
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`5. Exhibit 2011-R400
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`Sequencer Specification (Version 0.5)
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`6. Exhibit 2012-R400
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`Sequencer Specification (Version 0.6)
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`7. Exhibit 2013-R400
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`Sequencer Specification (Version 0.7)
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`8. Exhibit 2014-R400
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`Sequencer Specification (Version 0.8)
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`9. Exhibit 2015-R400
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`Sequencer Specification (Version 0.9)
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`10. Exh ibit 2016-R400
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`Sequencer Specification (Version 1.0)
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`ii .Exhibit 2017-R400
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`Sequencer Specification (Version 1.1)
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`12.Exhibit 2018-R400
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`Sequencer Specification (Version 1.2)
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`13.Exhibit 2019 R400
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`Sequencer Specification (Version 1.3)
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`14.Exhibit 2020 R400
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`Sequencer Specification (Version 1.4)
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`15. Exhibit 2021-R400
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`Sequencer Specification (Version 1.5)
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`16.Exhibit 2022-R400
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`Sequencer Specification (Version 1.6)
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`17.Exhibit 2023-R400
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`Sequencer Specification (Version 1.7)
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`18. Exhibit 2024-R400
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`Sequencer Specification (Version 1.8)
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`19.Exhibit 2025-R400
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`Sequencer Specification (Version 1.9)
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`20. Exhibit 2026-R400 Sequencer Specification (Version 1.10) 40
`21. Exhibit 2027-R400 Sequencer Specification (Version 1.11) 41
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`22.Exhibit 2028-R400 Sequencer Specification (Version 2.0)
`23.Exhibit 2029-R400 Sequencer Specification (Version 2.1)
`24.Exhibit 2030-R400 Sequencer Specification (Version 2.2)
`25.Exhibit 2031-R400 Sequencer Specification (Version 2.3)
`26. Exhibit 2032-R400 Sequencer Specification (Version 2.4)
`27.Exhibit 2033-R400 Sequencer Specification (Version 2.5)
`28.Exhibit 2034-R400 Sequencer Specification (Version 2.6)
`29.Exhibit 2035-R400 Sequencer Specification (Version 2.7)
`30.Exhibit 2036-R400 Sequencer Specification (Version 2.8)
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`31.Exhibit 2037-R400 Sequencer Specification (Version 2.9)
`32.Exhibit 2038-R400 Sequencer Specification (Version 2.10) 58
`33.Exhibit 2039-R400 Sequencer Specification (Version 2.11) 60
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`34.Exhibit 2040-R400 Architecture Proposal (Version 0.1)
`35.Exhibit 2041-R400 Top Level Specification (Version 0.2)
`36.Exhibit 2042-R400 Shader Processor (Version 1.2)
`B. Authentication of Source Code
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`C. Authentication of PowerPoint Presentations
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`D. Authentication of Document Logs and File Histories
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`1. Exhibit 2043-R400 Sequencer Specification Log (Versions
`0.1 to 1.2)
`2. Exhibit 2044-R400 Sequencer Specification Log (Versions
`1.3 to 2.11)
`3. Exhibit 2045-R400 Architecture Proposal Log
`4. Exhibit 2046-R400 Top Level Specification Log
`5. Exhibit 2047-R400 Shader Processor Log
`6. Exhibit 2048-R400 Sequencer Emulator Folder History
`7. Exhibit 2049-R400 Sequencer Parts Folder History
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`8. Exhibit 2050--R400 Document Library Folder History
`9. Exhibit 2051—R400 Architecture Folder History
`10.Exhibit 2052—R400 Testing Folder History
`11.Exhibit 2072—R400 Shader Pipe Parts Folder History
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`I, Calvin Watson, declare as follows:
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`I. BACKGROUND AND INTRODUCTION
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`1.
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`J am a technical specialist and patent agent at Advanced Micro
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`Devices, Inc. ("AMD"). My responsibilities include, among other things,
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`supporting the AMD law department on various intellectual-property matters.
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`2.
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`I understand that the above-captioned case involves U.S. Patent
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`Number 6,897,871 ("871 Patent"). I understand that the '871 Patent is currently
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`assigned to ATI Technologies ULC ("ATI").
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`3.
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`I understand that ATI merged with AMD in 2006. I understand that
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`ATI's documents are now managed on AMD's database system, known as
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`Perforce, which is the same system that ATI used before the merger with AMD.
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`From my responsibilities at AMD, I am familiar with creating, editing,
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`maintaining, and retrieving files in Perforce.
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`4.
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`For this case, I have helped retrieve documents, source code, folder
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`histories, document logs, and other files from Perforce. Each of these files were
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`kept in the ordinary course of AMD/ATI's business.
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`5.
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`In this declaration, I provide an overview of Perforce and the types of
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`files that ATI engineers saved in Perforce. See infra Part II. I also authenticate the
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`following Exhibits, which I understand are being submitted in this case. See infra
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`Part III. The Exhibits are true and correct copies of the documents, source code,
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`folder histories, and document logs I helped retrieve from AMD's document
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`database. The original documents, source code, folder histories, and document logs
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`remain in AMD's possession, custody, and control.
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`Exhibit Number Reference
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`2007
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`2008
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`2009
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`2010
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`2011
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`2012
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`2013
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`2014
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`2015
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`2016
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`2017
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`2018
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`2019
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`2020
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`2021
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`2022
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`2023
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`2024
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`R400 Sequencer Specification (Version 0.1)
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`INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK
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`R400 Sequencer Specification (Version 0.3)
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`R400 Sequencer Specification (Version 0.4)
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`R400 Sequencer Specification (Version 0.5)
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`R400 Sequencer Specification (Version 0.6)
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`R400 Sequencer Specification (Version 0.7)
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`R400 Sequencer Specification (Version 0.8)
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`R400 Sequencer Specification (Version 0.9)
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`R400 Sequencer Specification (Version 1.0)
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`R400 Sequencer Specification (Version 1.1)
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`R400 Sequencer Specification (Version 1.2)
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`INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK
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`R400 Sequencer Specification (Version 1.4)
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`R400 Sequencer Specification (Version 1.5)
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`R400 Sequencer Specification (Version 1.6)
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`R400 Sequencer Specification (Version 1.7)
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`R400 Sequencer Specification (Version 1.8)
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`2025
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`2048
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`2049
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`2050
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`R400 Sequencer Specification (Version 1.9)
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`R400 Sequencer Specification (Version 1.10)
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`R400 Sequencer Specification (Version 1.11)
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`R400 Sequencer Specification (Version 2.0)
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`R400 Sequencer Specification (Version 2.1)
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`R400 Sequencer Specification (Version 2.2)
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`R400 Sequencer Specification (Version 2.3)
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`R400 Sequencer Specification (Version 2.4)
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`R400 Sequencer Specification (Version 2.5)
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`R400 Sequencer Specification (Version 2.6)
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`R400 Sequencer Specification (Version 2.7)
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`R400 Sequencer Specification (Version 2.8)
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`R400 Sequencer Specification (Version 2.9)
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`R400 Sequencer Specification (Version 2.10)
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`R400 Sequencer Specification (Version 2.11)
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`R400 Architecture Proposal (Version 0.1)
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`R400 Top Level Specification (Version 0.2)
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`R400 Shader Processor (Version 1.2)
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`R400 Sequencer Specification Log (Versions 0.1 to 1.2)
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`R400 Sequencer Specification Log (Versions 1.4 to 2.11)
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`R400 Architecture Proposal Log
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`R400 Top Level Specification Log
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`R400 Shader Processor Log
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`R400 Sequencer Emulator Folder History
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`R400 Sequencer Parts Development Folder History
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`R400 Document Library Folder History
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`2051
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`R400 Architecture Folder History
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`R400 GFX Testing Folder History
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`Peter Pellerite Program Review Slides (12/13/01)
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`Andy Gruber Program Review Slides (12/13/01)
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`Joe Cox Program Review Slides (12/13/01)
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`Mark Fowler Program Review Slides (12/13/01)
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`Peter Pellerite Program Review Slides (1/17/02)
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`Mark Fowler Program Review Slides (3/22/02)
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`Joe Cox Program Review Slides (3/22/02)
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`Peter Pellerite Program Review Slides (3/22/02)
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`Mark Fowler Program Review Slides (5/30/02)
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`Peter Pellerite Program Review Slides (5/30/02)
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`Joe Cox & Christeen Gray Program Review Slides (8/30/02)
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`Ken Correll Program Review Slides (8/30/02)
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`Mark Fowler Program Review Slides (8/30/02)
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`Peter Pellerite Program Review Slides (8/30/02)
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`Ken Correll Program Review Slides (10/10/02)
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`Mark Fowler Program Review Slides (10/10/02)
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`Peter Pellerite Program Review Slides (10/10/02)
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`Ken Correll Program Review Slides (11/12/02)
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`Peter Pellerite Program Review Slides (11/12/02)
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`1t400 Shader Pipe Parts Folder History
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`RTL Code File: sq.v
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`RTL Code File: sq_ais_output.v
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`RTL Code File: sq_alu_instr_queue.v
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`RTL Code File: sq_alu_instr_seq.v
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`RTL Code File: sq_thread_arb.v
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`RTL Code File: sq_input_arb.v
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`RTL Code File: sq_instniction_store.v
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`RTL Code File: sq_defs.v
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`RTL Code File: sq_thread_buflv
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`RTL Code File: sq_target_fetch.v
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`RTL Code File: sq_export_alloc.v
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`RTL Code File: vector.v
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`RTL Code File: macc_gpr.v
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`RTL Code File: export_control.v
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`RTL Code File: macc.v
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`RTL Code File: macc32.mc
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`RTL Code File: sx.v
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`RTL Code File: parameter caches.v
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`RTL Code File: param_cache_ctl.v
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`RTL Code File: sp.v
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`RTL Code File: export_buffers.v
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`RTL Code File: pa.v
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`RTL Code File: pa_ag.v
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`RTL Code File: pa_sxifccg.v
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`RTL Code File: pa_ccg_sxifsm.v
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`RTL Code File: sc.v
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`1
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`II. PERFORCE
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`6. AMD and former ATI engineers used shared-file repositories for
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`documents, source code, and other files. The system that manages the repositories
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`is called Perforce. As part of my responsibilities within the AMD law department, I
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`understand how Perforce works and the types of documents that have been saved
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`in Perforce with respect to this case.
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`A. Overview of How Perforce Works
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`7.
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`Perforce allows many users to connect to shared-file repositories.
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`Each shared-file repository is called a depot. Files are organized in a depot using a
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`file tree hierarchy. Any user with a permission to access the files can do so.
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`8.
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`Perforce maintains time stamped logs, user permissions, and whether
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`files are checked out. This information is stored in a separate database. The
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`information stored in this database is referred to as metadata.
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`9.
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`Users do not work directly on depot files. When a user checks out
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`files, the files are saved to the user's individual workspace according to the same
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`file hierarchy in the depot. The user works on the files on his or her workspace.
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`When the user is finished editing the files, the user checks in the fifes. Perforce
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`then accesses the files on the user's workspace and syncs the depot according to
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`the user's changes.
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`10. Perforce is a revision-control repository. This means that the system
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`saves every revision of every file under Perforce control. When a user uploads an
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`edited file, Perforce saves the file as a new version under the folder tree hierarchy.
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`This type of system is particularly useful during development. For example, a
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`version-control system allows a user to revert to a previous version of code. A user
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`can therefore freely edit code while ensuring that the previous version is
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`maintained.
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`B. Technical Specifications Saved in Perforce
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`11. Some of the Exhibits, which I authenticate below, are technical
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`specification. These documents are maintained in Perforce's depot files and are
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`kept in the regular course of business.
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`12. A sample of a specification cover page is shown below.
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`_„.. .
`Author:
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`Issue To:
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`ORIGINATE DATE
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`EDIT DATE
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`DOCUMENT-REV. NUM.
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`7 May, 2001
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`Laurent Lefebvre
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`8 September,20153
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`R400 Sequencer Specification
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`SEQ
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`Version 0.32
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`Overview: This is an architectural specification for the R400 Sequencer block (SEQ). It provides an overview of the
`required capabilities and expected uses of the block. It also describes the block interfaces, internal sub-
`blocks, and provides internal state diagrams.
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`AUTOMATICALLY UPDATED FIELDS:
`CAperforceir400iarch \doc\gfx 1 RE1R400_Sequencer.doc
`Document Location:
`Current Intranet Search Title:
`R400 Sequencer Specification
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`Ex. 2009, p. 1.
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`13. The author of the document manually enters the specification's title,
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`version number, author, and overview. Each field appears on the cover page.
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`14. The cover page header includes the ORIGINATE DATE and the
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`EDIT DATE. The ORIGINATE DATE is intended to be the date the original
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`document (e.g., the first version within the depot folder) was created. The EDIT
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`DATE is intended to be the date the document was last edited. The EDIT DATE is
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`auto-populated using a macro, and this macro cannot be disabled. So every time
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`the document is opened, the EDIT DATE changes. This macro is a revision-control
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`feature of Perforce. Further, both the EDIT DATE and the ORIGINATE DATE
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`can be manually changed.
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`15. It is the regular practice of AMD (and its predecessor ATI) to record the date
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`that a technical specification or testing record was edited. The record is kept on the
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`document itself, as shown in a sample below.
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`Revision Changes:
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`Rev 0.1 (Laurent Lefebvre)
`Date: May 7, 2001
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`Rev 02 (Laurent Lefebvre)
`Date : July 9, 2001
`Rev 0.3 (Laurent Lefebvre)
`Date : August 8,2001
`Rev 0.4 (Laurent Lefebvre)
`Date : August 24,2001
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`Rev 0.4.1(Laurent Lefebvre)
`Date : September 1,2001
`Rev 0,6 !Laurent Lefebvre)
`Date ; Semember 24. 2001,
`Rev 0,7 (Laurent Lefebvre)
`Date : October 5. 2001
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`Ymt
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`See, e.g., Ex. 2013, p. 4.
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`First draft.
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`Changed the interfaces to reflect the changes in the
`SP. Added some details in the arbitration section.
`Reviewed the Sequencer spec after the meeting on
`August 3, 2001.
`Added the dynamic allocation method for register
`file and an example (written In part by Vic) of the
`flow of pixels/vertices in the sequencer.
`Added timing diagrams (Vic)
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`Changed the spec to reflect the new R40(1
`architecture, Added interfaces.
`Added constant store manactement instruction
`Ijore management. control flow manauernent and
`data dependant predication,
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`C.
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`Document Logs and Folder Histories Saved in Perforce
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`16. Some of the Exhibits, which I authenticate below, are document logs
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`and folder histories. Document logs and folder histories are metadata files. These
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`metadata files contain information relating to revision history of the depot files
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`(e.g., technical specifications) maintained in Perforce. Through document logs and
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`folder histories, Perforce allows administrators to track edits, track who made the
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`edits, and track when the edits were made. Metadata files are kept in the regular
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`course of business.
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`17. In Perforce, there are two types of metadata files: (1) document logs;
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`and (2) folder histories.
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`18. Document logs track each revision to the depot files. Each depot file
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`has a corresponding document log. So, each document log tells the revision history
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`of its corresponding file.
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`19. Perforce maintains certain information in document logs. For
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`example, Perforce automatically saves the date a document was changed and the
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`workspace that made the change. Further, for any edited file a user uploads to the
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`system, the user is prompted to enter a description of the file or a brief description
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`of the changes made to the file.
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`20. A sample document log is shown below. In this sample, seven
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`revisions were uploaded. Various users uploaded the revisions on various dates.
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`//elepot/r400/arch/doc/cbip/R400 Top Level Spee.DOC
`17 change 3995 edit on 2001/07/05 by pmitchel@pmitchel_iris (binary+1)
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`ellange file type to prevent simultaneous open for edit
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`#6 change 3091 edit on 2001/05/24 by Iseiler@ma lseiler (binary)
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`Updated RES and MC block diagrams
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`change 2950 edit on 2001/05117 by smorein@smorein r400 (binary)
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`updated spec, finally checked in
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`... 44 change 2359 edit on 2001/04/26 by llefebvt@llefebvre laptop_r400 (binary
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`updated top level spec to match RE and Sc specs
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`... *3 change 2347 edit on 2001/04/25 by Iseiler@nia_lseiler (binary)
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`Added text about. the RB and MC plus descriptions of some R/3 features
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`change 2314 edit on 2001/0423 by smorein@smoreiti r400 (binary)
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`Updated area to new area estimate, post texture path changes
`checked in top level spec for Larry to add to it
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`... al change 1741 add on 2001/03/15 by smorein@smoreirky400 (binary)
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`adding first real version of top level spec.
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`Ex. 2046, p. 1.
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`21. Folder histories list the same information as the document logs. The
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`difference is that a folder history compiles all the document log files saved within
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`the folder. The information in the folder history file is organized by date. A sample
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`of a folder history file is shown below.
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`LG Ex. 1017, pg 15
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`Change 14912 on 2002/02/07 by csampayo@il_csainpayo2400
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`"
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`Added unit/ftmetion owners and hyperlinks to the
`R400_PA Ftmctional Validation_Approach_Plan document
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`Change 14904 on 2002/02/07 by jasif@jasif r400_win _tor
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`Modified dynamic clock section.
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`Change 14895 on 2002/02/07 by hartogs@fl_hartogs
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`Completed description of de-stripping, de-fanning, decomposition of quads and polygons
`into triangles, piprovoking vertex (flat shading), and line stipple wirefiame fill mode issues.
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`Change 14883 on 2002/02/07 by jhoule@MA_JHOULE
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`Added 32-bit channels blending.
`Described math foundations.
`Updated TOC.
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`Ex. 2050, p. 377.
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`III. AUTHENTICATION OF EXHIBITS
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`22. As part of my responsibilities within the AMD law department, I
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`retrieved the Exhibits listed in Part I of this Declaration. My responsibilities
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`include, among other things, supporting the AMD law department on various
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`intellectual-property matters. I am authenticating these Exhibits. The exhibits
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`include: (1) technical specifications; (2) source code files; (3) PowerPoint
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`presentations; and (4) metadata, which include file histories and document logs.
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`A. Authentication of Technical Specifications
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`23. Exhibits 2007 through 2042 arc technical specification documents. I
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`downloaded these documents directly from the Perforce database. The "date" for
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`- 12 -
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`each of these documents can come from one of three places: (1) the document
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`itself; (2) the corresponding document log in Perforce; or (3) the submit date
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`shown on the Perforce interface.
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`24. The date kept on the document itself is occasionally different than the
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`corresponding document log date and the submit date shown in Perforce. The dates
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`can differ, for example, if the user had a document checked out for several days
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`(intentionally or inadvertently). The dates can also differ when a user works on a
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`version over several days. But the submit date, whether through the document logs
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`or the Perforce interface, is the last date any revisions were made.
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`25. I discuss Exhibits 2007 through 2042 below.
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`I.
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`Exhibit 2007—R400 Sequencer Specification (Version 0.1)
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`26. This document was saved as R400_Sequencer.doc at the folder
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`location fidepot/r400/arch/doc/gfx/RE/. From this document, it appears that
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`Laurent Lefebvre created this document on May 7, 2001. See Ex. 2007, p. 2.
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`- 13 -
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`Rev 0.1 (Laurent Lefebvre
`Date: May 7, 2001
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`First draft.
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`27. This document's corresponding file log shows that Laurent Lefebvre
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`checked in this document on May 25, 2001 under the file name
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`R400_Sequencer.doc. Ex. 2043, pp. 1, 2.
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`28. In the Perforce database, Exhibit 2007 is the first revision of the R400
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`Sequencer Specification. As shown in the screenshot below, the submit date for
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`this revision is May 25, 2001.
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`Exhibit 2009—R400 Sequencer Specification (Version 0.3)
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`30. This document was saved as R400_Sequencer.doc at the folder
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`location //depot/r400/arch/doc/gfx/RE/. From this document, it appears that
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`Laurent Lefebvre revised this document on August 6, 2001. See Ex. 2009, p. 2.
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`32. In the Perforce database, Exhibit 2009 is the seventh revision of the
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`R400 Sequencer Specification. As shown in the screenshot below, the submit date
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`for this revision is August 13, 2001.
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`- 16 -
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