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> Intel tried to setup a different more efficient architecture with IA64, but they failed there. A big part of the IA64 strategy was to thoroughly mine the are
by jacques_chester 6y ago
> Intel tried to setup a different more efficient architecture with IA64, but they failed there.
A big part of the IA64 strategy was to thoroughly mine the area with patents. They were held in a company jointly owned with HP. In theory it would be impossible for anyone else to reimplement IA64 and "impossible" for IA64 to be licensed to another manufacturer.