Re: Flame Linus to a crisp!

Jamie Lokier
2003-04-24T20:50:39Z

Balram Adlakha wrote:
> By the way, I'm just curious, I don't have much knowledge of this,
> can anyone create a processor with the x86 instruction set and sell
> it? Like did AMD and transmeta and all get a license from Intel?

Please, somebody answer this question. The good folks at Transmeta
should know the answer.

I'm really intersted as I want to do exactly this eventually.

Perhaps the constraints are different when software binary translation
is used? I.e. I could sell a non-x86 cpu and give away an x86
translator without needing a license from Intel, presumably?

-- Jamie