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Please no - that debate is an anachronism. Apple simply can't create any kind of x86 chip whatsoever (at least if they plan to use it :) ) - they don't have an
by dahauns 6y ago
Please no - that debate is an anachronism.
Apple simply can't create any kind of x86 chip whatsoever (at least if they plan to use it :) ) - they don't have an ISA license and likely won't ever be able buy one, because Intel doesn't sell.
Well, apart from outright buying AMD. Or Intel. Or both. :)
- dx034 6y agoSo you basically say it's not hard to design a processor (even x86), just patents prohibit it? I had always thought that at least some part of the Intel/AMD dominance was the complexity of the designs and manufacturing that even a company like Apple couldn't build within a decade.