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rayiner on June 10, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: Intel fires warning shots at Microsoft, says x86 e...

Intel has engaged in some strategic patent litigation over the years, but if you look at the chart in the article, it looks like there has been a big push to get more ISA patents in the last several years.

yuhong on June 11, 2017 [–]

Intel has patented x86 for a long time now though. VME, SYSENTER/SYSEXIT, and even long NOPs were all patented for example (now all expired).

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