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Re:Zhaoxin Unveiled Next-Generation x86 SoC Plans by monocasa on Saturday December 14, 2019 @02:27PM (#21791562)
If the parents are expired, they don't need a license. The base patents are expiring very very soon (ie. months).
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Re:Zhaoxin Unveiled Next-Generation x86 SoC Plans by ksec on Saturday December 14, 2019 @03:24PM (#21791956)
Interesting proposition, something I haven't read anyone put forward before.

But Apple Scaling their current High Performance ARM design using HPC Node and higher Clock speed is likely much easier than doing a high performance x86 design.

Even Amazon decided to use ARM for their Server platform, to me I think ARM has won the game.

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Re:Zhaoxin Unveiled Next-Generation x86 SoC Plans by monocasa on Saturday December 14, 2019 @04:33PM (#21792424)
Apple's chip teams have worked on other ISAs before, and there's tons of ex Transmeta folk around the bay area of you need more x86 experience.

And Amazon AFAIK just cleaned up an existing ARM uarch sort of like Intrinsity's expertise. I don't think they have the experience needed to make their own high perf uarch, whether it be ARM or x86.

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