[HN Gopher] Intel vs. NEC: The Case of the V20's Microcode
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       Intel vs. NEC: The Case of the V20's Microcode
        
       Author : klelatti
       Score  : 17 points
       Date   : 2023-11-05 19:30 UTC (3 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (thechipletter.substack.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (thechipletter.substack.com)
        
       | FirmwareBurner wrote:
       | A few years ago I reed a comment on HN mentioning that NEC at the
       | time had a product capable of reverse engineering the microcode
       | of any CPU and that the tech was later sold off to another
       | company who was into the business of emulation.
       | 
       | Not sure how much truth there could be in this or if it's just a
       | good sounding tech legend based on this lawsuit but if anyone has
       | any details on this story that would be great.
        
       | timw4mail wrote:
       | I wonder what this would mean in regards to any Soviet clones.
       | Those probably would have just copied the microcode though.
        
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