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> AMD doesn't license x86 from Intel, AFAIK AMD and Intel license IA-32/AMD64 and extensions from eachother, and they have agreements which make this mutual li
by microcolonel 6y ago
> AMD doesn't license x86 from Intel, AFAIK
AMD and Intel license IA-32/AMD64 and extensions from eachother, and they have agreements which make this mutual licensing apply to basically any ISA extension. The original x86 patents are long since expired, but every year they add extensions and cross-license them to eachother.