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ISAs can be patented. Intel is patenting their latest AVX/SSE instructions.
by kindfellow92 9y ago
ISAs can be patented. Intel is patenting their latest AVX/SSE instructions.
- hajile 9y agoISA spec is copyrighted. Instructions aren't patented directly. Instead, the best ways of implementing them are patented.
- kindfellow92 9y agoSeems like Microsoft is potentially being targeted for writing an x86 emulator https://newsroom.intel.com/editorials/x86-approaching-40-still-going-strong/?cid=em-elq-27099&utm_source=elq&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=27099&elq_cid=1494159 https://newsroom.intel.com/editorials/x86-approaching-40-sti...