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x86 license is not transferable so if AMD is acquired then bye-bye to AMD x86 chips. Core M allows passive form factors which to me is super important - having
by bitL 12y ago
x86 license is not transferable so if AMD is acquired then bye-bye to AMD x86 chips.
Core M allows passive form factors which to me is super important - having a notebook that doesn't sound like an airplane in a distance as it is the case with my rMBP and Zenbook Prime under full load is a major benefit. No noisy interruptions when I need to focus on solving some difficult problem and am most sensitive to external distractions.
- quonn 12y ago> x86 license is not transferable so if AMD is acquired then bye-bye to AMD x86 chips. Why? If AMD gets acquired, that might just mean that the buyer now holds AMD stock. I can't see how that could possibly affect the license agreement.
- higherpurpose 12y agoThis gets mentioned a lot but I find it impossible to believe that whoever buys AMD can't also get an x86 license from Intel. You do realize Intel also has to get an x64 license from AMD, right? So unless Intel is good with not making 64-bit chips anymore, I think it will continue to give AMD that license...
- bitL 12y agoIt really depends on what the license agreement between Intel and AMD is. We know they cross-license almost all their architectural stuff to each other; what are the exact conditions and consequences for acquisitions we can only guess.