On Thu, 7 Jun 2007 12:37:37 -0500, McKown, John <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
. . . > >Some instructions on the zSeries are patent protected. That means that >writing any code or making any hardware which has an identical effect, >regardless of how it is done, can only be legally done if the >person/company doing the emulation has a patent license. The point is >that Intel may also have patents on some of the effects of one or more >of their instructions. I will say that I think this is unlikely or Intel >would shut AMD down immediately. I'm sure Intel have plenty of patents in this area. So do AMD - enough to enter into cross licensing agreements with Intel. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
