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1. The neutral answer: to decrease validation costs. 2. The nefarious answer: maybe they found a way in their agreements with AMD which would exclude this X86S
by chx 3y ago
1. The neutral answer: to decrease validation costs.
2. The nefarious answer: maybe they found a way in their agreements with AMD which would exclude this X86S somehow.
- mappu 3y agoThe main x86_64 patents have all expired, but this would get to be patented again.
- anticensor 3y agoYou cannot patent a removal without an accompanying addition.
- anticensor 3y ago3. The "Moore's law is dead, long live Wirth's law" answer: They want to increase the clocks, but timings are so tight that they need to remove circuitry and delete bits of microcode to increase it further.