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Re:U.S. government takes 10% stake in Intel by nebula8804 on Friday August 22, 2025 @08:04PM (#44991534)
A dead Intel could open the door to have more then three license holders. Isn't Intel the reason there are only three license holders?
Re:U.S. government takes 10% stake in Intel by hajile on Friday August 22, 2025 @09:07PM (#44991958)
The major patents on all the most important parts of x86 expired years ago now. Nobody wants to take on a legacy ISA with tons of footguns everywhere when newer ISAs have learned a lot of lessons from x86 about how to do things better.