Reading on Wikipedia, manufacturing x86 chips requires a license from Intel for more advanced features, the 64-bit variant of x86 also requires a license from AMD. Is this really possible?
Reading on Wikipedia, manufacturing x86 chips requires a license from Intel for more advanced features, the 64-bit variant of x86 also requires a license from AMD. Is this really possible?
I would think all the patents have expired but there have been dozens of new instructions added since the 2003 x64. In many cases there are two variants of the same instruction so if a 3rd manufacturer came in they could make their own too. They would need Linux and Windows on board for their variants.