Schreiner approached John Pavinen of MOS Technology, who had recently introduced the MOS 6502 series. He offered to cross-license Synertek's product line in exchange for the 6502. That would provide MOS with a second source agreement, something the market demanded at that time, while also giving them access to Synertek's existing line of designs that could be used as support chips for the 6502. Motorola was still in the process of suing MOS over trade secrets, and there was the possibility that Synertek might lose access to the design if Motorola won, but the company had no direct connection to the design and could not be sued by Motorola, so Synertek went ahead.
