A cynic might wonder if it would also help to renew the Intel/AMD x86 patent moat now that the core x86-64 specification is over 20 years old. If the plan is la

A cynic might wonder if it would also help to renew the Intel/AMD x86 patent moat now that the core x86-64 specification is over 20 years old. If the plan is largely just to strip things out it might be hard to shoehorn in patent claims, but I'm sure a way could be found.