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x86 is only dead because CISC is dead. Now we just have to wait for Intel to go "full IBM" and try to ban people from writing emulators...

• habitue 6y ago
  I don't think they can ban emulators without just straight up banning competitors like AMD that make compatible chips. (which presumably they would have done if they could)
  • monocasa 6y ago
    They were forced to allow AMD early on to have a second source to sell to .gov, and since then AMD has gained enough patents that they need to cross licence.
    • Ericson2314 6y ago
      So they could try to kamikaze AMD with the execs parachuting to some 3rd competitor at the last second?
      • monocasa 6y ago
        Not really.
  • ant6n 6y ago
    Amd64 is twenty years old, patents are expiring.