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To: kapkan4u who wrote (8702)	9/15/2000 1:40:33 PM
From: Petz	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 275872

Kap, alright, I'll accept that AMD doesn't really need an SSE or SSE2 license to duplicate the instruction set, although marketing it could get tricky. Do you know if SSE2 has been fully disclosed, or will we have to wait for P4 release? Petz

To: kapkan4u who wrote (8702)	9/15/2000 3:52:44 PM
From: TechieGuy-alt	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 275872

Actually that's not true. From what I remember (and understand), an arbitration judge awarded AMD a perpetual and royalty free license to AMD for Intel's x86/x87 code for some of Intel's "shennenagins" in the mid to late 80's. TG I don't think that AMD has a license to SSE/SSE-2 or x86/x87 instructions for that matter.