the battle for 4th gen ASIC dominance is happening at 16nm. HF's 3d finFET GN2 design is just waiting for a firm like AM to buy it and put it to work.
By put to work I assume you mean completely redesign the chip/pcb and hope it works?
Does AM have any provisional patents? HF does...
I'd love to know how HF acquired a "provisional patent" considering no such thing exists.
The 16nm GN2 chip/board designs haven't been finished yet, so I'm not sure how anyone could "redesign" them.