Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 24 Apr 2003 22:02:46 +0100 | From | Jamie Lokier <> | Subject | Re: Flame Linus to a crisp! |
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Balram Adlakha wrote: > By the way, I'm just curious, I don't have much knowledge of this, > can anyone create a processor with the x86 instruction set and sell > it? Like did AMD and transmeta and all get a license from Intel?
Please, somebody answer this question. The good folks at Transmeta should know the answer.
I'm really intersted as I want to do exactly this eventually.
Perhaps the constraints are different when software binary translation is used? I.e. I could sell a non-x86 cpu and give away an x86 translator without needing a license from Intel, presumably?
-- Jamie
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