SI
SI
discoversearch

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor.  We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community.  If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.
Technology Stocks : All About Sun Microsystems
 Public ReplyPrvt ReplyMark as Last ReadFilePrevious 10Next 10PreviousNext  
To: Charles Tutt who wrote (57019)11/23/2003 4:33:57 AM
From: rudedog  Read Replies (2) of 64865
 
Charles - I don't know all of the details, but I think it covers X86 instructions and their children. But that does not mean they get anything but the right to reverse engineer. So if Intel springs SSE to scotch 3DNOW! from AMD, AMD can reverse-engineer their own SSE. Intel can respond with SSE-2. And so on... If AMD had gotten traction with 3DNOW! Intel could have copied that. Naturally Intel prefers to set the standard, so instead of cloning AMD's 3DNOW! extensions they wrote their own incompatible set (SSE) and won in the marketplace. They may try the same thing again with the 64 bit extensions, but they have a little more in the way this time around.
Report TOU ViolationShare This Post
 Public ReplyPrvt ReplyMark as Last ReadFilePrevious 10Next 10PreviousNext  

HomeMailHotSubjectMarksPeopleMarksKeepersSettings
Terms Of UseContact UsCopyright/IP PolicyPrivacy PolicyAbout UsFAQAdvertise on SI
© 2025 Knight Sac Media.  Data provided by Twelve Data, Alpha Vantage, and CityFALCON News