IANALE, so wild speculation alert: Emulation *might* be different--PSI kept saying they didn't do emulation, although it quacked like a duck.
The AMD licensing might be slightly different, since their architecture is slightly different. But it's a great question! I'd love to know the answer. P.S. "z/Architecture". Slash for software (and the architecture, oddly enough, is considered software). On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 12:36 PM, John McKown <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm a bit curious. If I understand what is being done, it is similar to a > Java JVM. The z/VOS reads and interprets the x86 arch instructions, with > some JIT on the side. However, other companies, such as AMD, need cross > licensing to create chips which run x86. That "cross licensing" is part of > IBM's complaint against PSI. PSI was not licensed to create a zArchitecture > emulator. Couldn't Intel "shut down" Mantissa with a similar suite? I don't > remember reading that Mantissa has an agreement with Intel. I don't think > the "fact" that z/VOS is a software emulator instead of a harware > implementation is relevant. Of course, IANAL. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
