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> So they should just then believe what another third-party vendor CPU says, They're already doing that by checking whether it says it's a genuine Intel. If yo
by ori_b 13y ago
> So they should just then believe what another third-party vendor CPU says,
They're already doing that by checking whether it says it's a genuine Intel. If you can't trust it when it says that it supports a feature, why trust it when it reports a manufacturer?
- ginko 13y agoBecause they would be breaking Intel's trademark if they claimed to be GenuineIntel.
- zokier 13y agoIt would be questionable if Intel could actually enforce their trademark there. The case would not be all too dissimilar to the Sega v. Accolade case, which Sega lost: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sega_v._Accolade http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sega_v._Accolade