AMD is working on a brand new x86 CPU core

[fatslob-:O]

Pemalite said:

RISC vs CISC is a non-issue these days.

Intel uses micro-op convertors to exploit the pipelining advantages of RISC.
Basically they take the complex instructions of CISC, break them down into RISC like sizes and executes them.

As far as I know, neither AMD or Intel have any patents regarding such an implementation, so who knows how it would stand up in court.

The whole RISC vs CISC thing is a "design philosophy" so I'm pretty sure no one can patent a "design philosophy". ^_^