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Wow, what the fuck happened with their patent applications in 2014? It's difficult to take this threatening language seriously when it's exceedingly obvious th

by ohazi 9y ago

Wow, what the fuck happened with their patent applications in 2014? It's difficult to take this threatening language seriously when it's exceedingly obvious that Intel is very suddenly (and very rightfully) terrified of losing their monopoly position. It's easier than ever to recompile and switch to ARM, and people are tired of paying the Intel tax. They should have seen this coming well before Otellini retired. Lawsuits aren't going to save them here, and Rodgers comes out looking like an asshole for trying.

nickpsecurity 9y ago
"It's easier than ever to recompile and switch to ARM" I'd say watch out for Intellectual Ventures on the Transmeta patents. There might be some still in effect that could mess with dynamic compilation or who knows what if broadly written. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transmeta https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transmeta
- CalChris 9y ago
  I think Intel licensed those patents from Transmeta as part of the resolution of their lawsuit. [1] Others did as well. But for anyone else, Intellectual Ventures could be a landmine. [1] https://www.law360.com/delaware/articles/16290/intel-files-suit-against-transmeta- https://www.law360.com/delaware/articles/16290/intel-files-s...
pjmlp 9y ago
Which is one reason for the uptake of bytecode for executables on mainstream devices, following mainframe footsteps. Even LLVM bitcode might eventually be cleaned up to make it properly architecture independent. There was a talk about it at a past LLVM days conference.
- Laaas 9y ago
  It would also have to be stabilised, because AFAIK it changes a lot.
  - pjmlp 9y ago
    Agreed, but in scenarios like Android and iOS/OS X, they control the version, so they could make it stable for their purposes, or automatically update the bitcode for the apps in the store.
    - Laaas 9y ago
      That's a good idea, but then a tool for that would also have to be built.
wyldfire 9y ago
> It's easier than ever to recompile and switch to ARM Indeed, more and more software runs on CPython or Java, so some developers might not even notice!

by ohazi 9y ago

nickpsecurity 9y ago

"It's easier than ever to recompile and switch to ARM" I'd say watch out for Intellectual Ventures on the Transmeta patents. There might be some still in effect that could mess with dynamic compilation or who knows what if broadly written. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transmeta https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transmeta

CalChris 9y ago
I think Intel licensed those patents from Transmeta as part of the resolution of their lawsuit. [1] Others did as well. But for anyone else, Intellectual Ventures could be a landmine. [1] https://www.law360.com/delaware/articles/16290/intel-files-suit-against-transmeta- https://www.law360.com/delaware/articles/16290/intel-files-s...

pjmlp 9y ago

Which is one reason for the uptake of bytecode for executables on mainstream devices, following mainframe footsteps. Even LLVM bitcode might eventually be cleaned up to make it properly architecture independent. There was a talk about it at a past LLVM days conference.

Laaas 9y ago
It would also have to be stabilised, because AFAIK it changes a lot.
- pjmlp 9y ago
  Agreed, but in scenarios like Android and iOS/OS X, they control the version, so they could make it stable for their purposes, or automatically update the bitcode for the apps in the store.
  - Laaas 9y ago
    That's a good idea, but then a tool for that would also have to be built.

wyldfire 9y ago

> It's easier than ever to recompile and switch to ARM Indeed, more and more software runs on CPython or Java, so some developers might not even notice!