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Yes. Only the paranoid survive era Intel is rolling in its grave. They used to do everything - legal or otherwise - to stay on top. Now they're not even bother
by reitzensteinm 6y ago
Yes. Only the paranoid survive era Intel is rolling in its grave.
They used to do everything - legal or otherwise - to stay on top. Now they're not even bothering with the legal stuff.
AMD would have played ball, because it would have benefited them just as much.
Post Sandy Bridge the x86 license was probably proportionally more valuable to them than to Intel. If it went away, Intel still had their fabs, which at that time showed no sign of danger.