AMD is working on a brand new x86 CPU core

[Alby_da_Wolf]

fatslob-:O said:

Alby_da_Wolf said:

Intel owns the original x86 patents and many 32-bit extensions, like MMX, etc, but AMD created and owns x86-64 extension. Intel already filed a lawsuit against AMD when it split research and development from manufacturing and they reached an agreement extending the cross-licensing terms.
BTW, AMD uses RISC cores with an instruction translation layer since the k5, this could be used in tribunal if AMD were taken over by a corporation able to challenge Intel more effectively.
About the money, or lack of, I agree with you, that's why I wish some company take AMD over.

The saddest part is despite the fact that AMD created the 64 bit extension to x86, Intel has more rights to it than AMD! Yes you heard me, Intel has more rights to the 64 bit extension of x86 than AMD does because unlike AMD's license, their license is actually transferable. 

The whole RISC vs CISC debate is absolutely worthless. 

If AMD gets bought by a bigger corporation then they will lose rights to 64 bit extension for x86 and all the patents that Intel shared with AMD such as MMX, SSE, and AVX which effectively means that AMD can't compete with Intel anymore. 

It's a cross-licensing agreement: one of Intel's big advantages is that without its patents, AMD ones are useless. Also, if Intel eventually accepted an agreement with such a weak company as AMD is, it would probably do the same with a bigger and stronger one. Admitting that a new agreement be necessary after the one reached in 2009, that actually solved AMD problem with keeping on using the cross-licensed patents even after splitting from its foundries: we don't know all its details, but Intel probably had its reasons for both suing AMD and eventually settle with it, most probably Intel wants that the use of those patents can't be automatically transmitted to other companies, but that it can be done only under strict conditions. Basically the effect of those conditions is that only AMD can sell the CPUs made under that agreement, a third competitor, even if it were AMD's hypothetical new parent company, couldn't get those licenses transfered by AMD, but it should reach a new agreement directly with Intel to produce and sell x86 CPUs through another of its controlled companies different from AMD. Also, AMD is a public company, Intel reached an agreement with it, not separated agreements with its shareholders: should the latter change, the agreement would stand as long as its terms were still respected by AMD as a whole. What could change is the will of the new majority shareholders to keep on respecting the agreement, but why should they?