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Except isn't X86_64 ISA technically property of AMD, not Intel? I know some of the later stuff (SIMD / AVX / SSE / etc) is Intel, but technically I think they
by jsjohnst 9y ago
Except isn't X86_64 ISA technically property of AMD, not Intel?
I know some of the later stuff (SIMD / AVX / SSE / etc) is Intel, but technically I think they could leave that off and still be successful assuming that would be all that's needed to not be infringing (which I don't know if that's the case or not).
- monocasa 9y agoIt's x86_64 is so obviously inspired by 32/16-bit x86 that practically speaking, it's patented heavily by both.