Intel Publishes Microcode Patches, No Benchmarking or Comparison Allowed

Re:Intel Publishes Microcode Patches, No Benchmarking or Com... by wlesieutre on Thursday August 23, 2018 @09:45AM (#17827171)

They didn't invent Google and Facebook, but they're responsible for transistors, lasers, Unix, C and C++, CCD digital image sensors, long distance microwave radio relays, the first transatlantic phone cable, MOSFETs, communication satellites, and cell networks.

Not modern internet services no, but all of the infrastructure it's built on is grounded on theirs.

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Re:Intel Publishes Microcode Patches, No Benchmarking or Com... by Aloha on Thursday August 23, 2018 @01:02PM (#17828839)

All of which they were required to license on FRAND terms - Consider that the basic research done by bell labs was paid for by a royalty paid to it by western electric and the various bell operating companies - it was blanket royalty, not a per product one too.

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