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Intel Potentially Reverse-Engineered AMD64
icypyr0 writes "Tom Halfhill, an analyst for In-Stat/MDR claims that due to similiarities in the instruction sets of AMD64 chips and the new 64-bit extensions for Intel Xeons, it is clear that Intel reverse-engineered the AMD64. However, due to the fact that the new Xeon is not an exact copy of the AMD64's microarchitecture, Intel has not broken the law. This very tactic has actually been used by firms such as AMD in the past to catch up to Intel."
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Let's hope no-one files frivolous lawsuits over this one, shall we? Let this ambulance go without chasing it, unscrupulous landsharks.
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the FBI would already be at the door
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Or maybe it's what's good for the goose is good for the gander. I was never one for cliches.
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n/t
So reading the instruction set documentation is reverse-engineering? Now that's a definition I haven't seen before.
everyone does this. try to be as similar as possible while still being different. The key is to do it with more money and better lawyers. Its how microsoft got started... Copy cat/copy cat
Jeoin
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The only thing Lindows has similar Windows is the 'indows'. Look at the screenshots, it uses the KDE keramik look, which is standard on most Linux distributions, and not the Windows look. If you want a Windows feel try the "Redmond" theme.
This is slightly OT.. but since we're talking about 64-bit platforms. Are all Sun Ultra-1's 64-bit platforms? I have an ancient Sun Ultra-1 under my desk but not sure whether it's 64 bits or not. I just need to do some testing. If you could help, I would be really grateful. Thank you.
As the differences in the two architectures become more commonly known, Halfhill said that he believed a single version of a software program could be written to support both architectures, by avoiding all but the instructions used by both processor families
Why can't Slashdot editors learn how to...well, edit ?
-- You see, there would be these conclusions that you could jump to
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