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How is this legally handled considering amd owns x86-64 and Intel owns x86? As long as it's not used in commercial settings, will they pretend not to see it wh
by hak8or 8y ago
How is this legally handled considering amd owns x86-64 and Intel owns x86?
As long as it's not used in commercial settings, will they pretend not to see it while users are in a legally gray area?
- wk_end 8y agoThis is x86 only, and a quick skim of the dissertation suggests that it doesn't implement any post-P6 (Pentium Pro) instructions. The P6 is 24 years old now so presumably all patents are expired?
- userbinator 8y agoThe last time I looked, the MMX patents were close to expiry too, and by now they might be.
- Const-me 8y agoMMX is from P5. P6 supports MMX and later revisions SSE 1. The next one after P6 is NetBurst, it introduced SSE2 and later revisions SSE3.