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> They have decades of X86 experience(they invented it) Sure, but AMD has decades of X86 experience, too. They were, after all, the second source supplier of t
by kllrnohj 6y ago
> They have decades of X86 experience(they invented it)
Sure, but AMD has decades of X86 experience, too. They were, after all, the second source supplier of the the Intel 8286, the AMD version being called the Am286. And AMD did, after all, invent the x86_64 ISA that we're all now actually using, while Intel was over fucking around with the utter failure that was Itanium.
- tibbydudeza 6y agoAfaik AMD improved licensed Intel 286/386 designs as part of second source foundry agreement for IBM and their first attempt at their own architecture the K5 was really not that good. They then bought a new chip startup called NexGen which became the K6/K7 later the Athlon.
- rasz 6y agoAMD 286 was direct 1:1 copy. AMD 386 had direct 1:1 microcode copy.