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To: combjelly who wrote (37413)	4/26/2001 12:55:05 PM
From: AK2004	Respond to of 275872

combjelly re: without having the right to use the 64 bit extensions. where is this coming from? Intel would stay with ia64. Regards -Albert

To: combjelly who wrote (37413)	4/26/2001 12:56:14 PM
From: dale_laroy	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 275872

"They will be in the position of chasing Intel without having the right to use the 64 bit extensions." I think that part of the antitrust settlement with Intel gives AMD access to any extensions that Intel makes to the x86 instruction set. It would be a bit iffy, but AMD would probably embrace Intel's x86-64 instruction set if necessary. Intel would of course sue, claiming that their new instruction set is not an extension to IA32. What it will come down to is whether the courts accept Intel's claim that AMD is limited to IA32 extensions and that their new extensions are IA64 whatever, or whether the courts buy AMD's claim that Intel is extending the x86 instruction set.