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It's a moat around both AMD and Intel, since they're really the only two that can compete, due to the cross-licensing deal.
by dralley 3y ago
It's a moat around both AMD and Intel, since they're really the only two that can compete, due to the cross-licensing deal.
- The_Colonel 3y agoVIA also has a "dormant" license, potentially willing to sell.
- dralley 3y agoI thought the VIA license was only for Intel IP, which makes it kind of useless. Especially given a lot of patents are expiring soon.
- timw4mail 3y agoThat can't be the case, as the Zhaoxin CPUs have the same kinds of instructions as similar Intel chips, including those cross-licensed from AMD, like the 64bit instruction set.
- fourfour3 3y agoThat license is what https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhaoxin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhaoxin use to produce their x86 chips, now.