Intel Threatens To Revoke AMD's x86 License 476
theraindog writes "AMD's former manufacturing division opened for business last week as GlobalFoundries, but the spin-off may run afoul of AMD's 2001 cross-licensing agreement with Intel. Indeed, Intel has formally accused AMD of violating the agreement, and threatened to terminate the company's licenses in 60 days if a resolution is not found. Intel contends that GlobalFoundries is not a subsidiary of AMD, and thus is not covered by the licensing agreement. AMD has fired back, insisting that it has done nothing wrong, and that Intel's threat constitutes a violation of the deal. At stake is not only AMD's ability to build processors that use Intel's x86 technology, but also Intel's ability to use AMD's x86-64 tech in its CPUs."
Re:if they do that (Score:5, Funny)
I, for one, welcome our new strong ARM'd overlords.
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"I'll let you play with mine if I can play with yours."
Man, if I had a nickel...
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sounds RISCy.
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CELLebrate good times, come on!
Re:if they do that (Score:5, Funny)
Windows on PPC... Then Microsoft will tout how much faster PPC is than x86 based processors, and the world ends in an infinite loop.
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99% is a really high target man. I doubt that 99% of computer users know where the power switch is.
Maybe you should look to 5% or 10%
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The two-party system is here to stay in American politics and the x86 stranglehold.
And operating systems and phone companies and potato chips and cereals and sexes.
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Feel free to mock me, however.
Re:Poor Microsoft (Score:3, Funny)
Wif fud? Liek a Win7 license in a Happy Meal? I think MacDonald would rather keep the Apple pie license.
Virtual machines (Score:1, Funny)
Virtual machines.
Oh thank you java. I don't have to care.
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It's mutually assured destruction, x86-64 has become ubiquitous enough now alongside x86 that neither side would be stupid enough. In fact, you would end up with VIA being the only manufacturer who has agreements with both parties and thus legally allowed to manufacture x86 compatible processors
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Just don't upset the ALPHA overload and you should be fine. Otherwise, he met send you on a one way trip on the Itanic.
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RTFA carefully.
You must be new here...
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Either way, holding AMD in violation of their agreement means they would effectively forfeit 64-bit licensing rights as well, and that makes no sense for them.
Says you! That Itanium line is going to just take off any day now, and then AMD and their crazy backwards-compatible technology will be left out in the cold!