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Oh boy, more universal binaries. What are the odds that Apple will just internalize x86 production, as opposed to doing a A11-style ARM derivative?
by thrillgore 9y ago
Oh boy, more universal binaries.
What are the odds that Apple will just internalize x86 production, as opposed to doing a A11-style ARM derivative?
- ThrowawayR2 9y ago> What are the odds that Apple will just internalize x86 production... Zero, since it's wildly improbable that Intel would grant them a license to use the x86 architecture.
- cjensen 9y agoYou don't need a license to use x86. Moreover, the x64 was created by AMD, not Intel.
- jsjohnst 9y ago> You don't need a license to use x86. Factually wrong. Ask Microsoft. ;)
- FireBeyond 9y ago> Moreover, the x64 was created by AMD, not Intel. With the assistance of a veritable phone book of cross-licensing of patents with both Intel and VIA.
- jsjohnst 9y agoThey could just buy AMD, which is also a rights holder to X86_64 (in fact, they basically “invented” it). Super highly doubt it will happen, but technically possible.
- dragonwriter 9y agoIt is not unheard of for licenses to have terms which require renegotiation in the event of acquisition. That might make such an acquisition a mortal threat to x86_64, but not a seamless path to using it.