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The flip side is that with MS as sole client, they could only make AMD64 chips which would mean that intel would have to stop producing x64 chips. If you don't
by fleitz 11y ago
The flip side is that with MS as sole client, they could only make AMD64 chips which would mean that intel would have to stop producing x64 chips.
If you don't need 386 compat the cross licensing deal becomes a gun pointed at Intel's head.
- theandrewbailey 11y agoExcept that won't work. 386 compatibility is required, since AMD64 is an extension to it, not a replacement. One needs an x86 foundation to build a workable AMD64 CPU upon.