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AMD licenses the right to produce x86 compatible chips from Intel.
by allenp 14y ago
AMD licenses the right to produce x86 compatible chips from Intel.
- vetinari 14y agoThat's because AMD cores were not independently developed from scratch. Cyrix core, on the other hand, was. They never oficially licensed x86 and the problems between Intel and Cyrix ended as out of court settlement to save Intel's face.