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		klelatti on Nov 17, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A secret Apple Silicon extension to accommodate an... Back in the 386 days Intel sued AMD for copying their microcode (which is copyrighted) not for reimplementing instructions.

mark-r on Nov 17, 2022 [–]

And as I recall Intel lost that suit due to an old cross-licensing agreement.

In this case there would be no copying of microcode since the underlying hardware is completely different.

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