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Wouldn't AMD be guilty of copying the x86 instruction set then?
by jonny_eh 7y ago
Wouldn't AMD be guilty of copying the x86 instruction set then?
- jryan49 7y agoSome parts of x86 were licensed, and AMD needed to pay Intel to use them. Then when AMD built on x86 and made x86-64, Intel had to pay AMD to use that, so they just made an agreement to license both to each other forever. [0] 0: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X86-64#Licensing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X86-64#Licensing
- bryanlarsen 7y agoThe reason AMD needed to license x86 from Intel and why Intel needed to license x86-64 from AMD was because both were patented.