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Re:Nvidia to Acquire Arm for $40B by Dylan16807 on Monday September 14, 2020 @04:17PM (#24474633)
Thankfully those patents are about to expire.
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Re:Nvidia to Acquire Arm for $40B by granzymes on Tuesday September 15, 2020 @01:52AM (#24478250)
The original patents have expired.

The problem with waiting for the patents to expire is you're always stuck 20 years behind.

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Re:Nvidia to Acquire Arm for $40B by Dylan16807 on Tuesday September 15, 2020 @02:58AM (#24478567)
The ones necessary for x86-64, I mean.

Being 20 years behind isn't a particularly big deal if those 20 years are basically just SSE3, SSE4, AVX.

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