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No. IBM had a second source requirement on procurement, Intel was willing to license or already has licensed the 8088 to be manufactured by someone else, and M

by Aloha 10y ago

No. IBM had a second source requirement on procurement, Intel was willing to license or already has licensed the 8088 to be manufactured by someone else, and Motorola was not.

xenadu02 10y ago
AMD was the second source BTW. The licensing agreement allows cross-sharing which is why Intel was able to adopt AMD64.
- digi_owl 10y ago
  There were others as well. VIA is still around, while others have folded or merged (with Intel forbidding a license transfer).