[HN Gopher] Heresy and Horror Ahead at Intel
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       Heresy and Horror Ahead at Intel
        
       Author : MangoCoffee
       Score  : 11 points
       Date   : 2021-03-29 17:02 UTC (6 hours ago)
        
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       | gtirloni wrote:
       | TL;DR;
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       |  _> Enter Pat Gelsinger. His strategy is also dual-pronged.
       | First, to open up x86 to licensing as IP. (Heresy!) And second,
       | to rent out Intel's production facilities like an independent
       | foundry. (Horror!) Other people will be able to make Intel
       | microprocessors, and Intel will make other people's
       | microprocessors. He's unbundling Intel's architecture from
       | Intel's manufacturing._
        
         | tonyedgecombe wrote:
         | I wonder if this will end up like Apple's licensing of Mac OS
         | to other manufacturers.
         | 
         | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macintosh_clone#Licensed_Macin...
        
         | MangoCoffee wrote:
         | >open up x86 to licensing as IP
         | 
         | another AMD would be nice.
        
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