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Re:Intel fires warning shots at Microsoft, says x86 emulatio... by wyldfire on Saturday June 10, 2017 @03:49PM (#14528876)
Intel would argue (semi-sanely) that there's no monopoly on CPUs. You can make your own mips, arm, it even Risc-V CPUs.

Also that they cross license x86 with competitors.

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Re:Intel fires warning shots at Microsoft, says x86 emulatio... by pgeorgi on Saturday June 10, 2017 @04:28PM (#14529052)
Were there any new licensees in the last 15 years?

Nvidia reportedly had issues getting the necessary paperwork: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Denver#History

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Re:Intel fires warning shots at Microsoft, says x86 emulatio... by amiga-workbench on Saturday June 10, 2017 @07:40PM (#14529846)
How very convenient, Denver would have pooped all over Intel's Atom offerings at the time.
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