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To: peter_luc who wrote (69250)	1/28/2002 10:19:59 AM
From: combjelly	Respond to of 275872

"Intel got the right to use X86-64 and HyperTransport by the patent exchange agreement with AMD in summer 2001." I don't know. The HT makes sense, the x86-64 doesn't. Intel can use, and is rumored to have been forced to use, HT. theinquirer.net But I just don't see where Intel will use x86-64. Consider how aggressively they went after HT with their not even defined 3GIO when it was being bandied about that HT could replace PCI. For Intel to adopt x86-64 would be to admit that AMD did something right, and I don't think they have it in their corporate culture to do that... Besides, imagine the mess when Paul's head explodes. It's worth a lot to avoid that.

To: peter_luc who wrote (69250)	1/28/2002 11:16:19 AM
From: Petz	Respond to of 275872

according to many "insiders" Intel got the right to use X86-64 and HyperTransport by the patent exchange agreement with AMD in summer 2001 This is a big disappointment. Without this agreement, AMD could have prevented Intel from making Hammer clones with an HT interface, since there are surely some aspects of the interface between Hammer and HT which are patented by AMD. The right to use SSE[2]+"other Intel IP" seems pretty weak compared to that. EDIT - it just occurred to me AMD may still be protected. Having a license to x86-64 and a license to HT does not give you the right to copy a "bus interface." Comments? Petz