Comment by bigfatkitten
Comment by bigfatkitten 6 days ago
Intel and AMD have a cross licensing agreement where they pay each other the right to use various IP. One of the things Intel pays AMD for is x86_64.
Comment by bigfatkitten 6 days ago
Intel and AMD have a cross licensing agreement where they pay each other the right to use various IP. One of the things Intel pays AMD for is x86_64.
x86_64 patents have expired by now, so they do not in fact pay for them.