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The FTC has published a list of proposals that, in part, directly advise the company on how to simplify the terms of their x86 and chipset licenses in favor of competitors. Will it do anything? Add comment
Based on a modern contemporary of the C language called C99, OpenCL is a framework that rapidly and easily assists developers in the creation of scalable applications. Imagine a single body of code that could just as easily run on a CPU, GPU, DSP, or any other execution engine; that is the promise of OpenCL. [...] 1 comment
Remember when Intel complained that the establishment of GlobalFoundries was in violation of the x86 cross-licensing agreement with AMD? Intel is doing it again. 1 comment
This one is a heaping pile of speculation, rumor, tips and hearsay, so stick with me on this one. Yesterday we brought you word that Microsoft had entered the RC escrow phase of development when it compiled build 7105. This is true, and we have some additional details regarding this situation that we’d like to share [...] 1 comment
Back in October we reported that Intel was peeved at AMD for spinning off what has become GlobalFoundries. Intel claimed that GlobalFoundries was not a subsidiary of AMD, and therefore had no right to the x86 cross-licensing agreements that have been in place since 1976. In fact, today’s kerfluffle seems like a carbon copy of October’s [...] 4 comments
Friday calls for libations and lulz. Let’s kick the afternoon hours off on an amusing note with the OLPC project’s request that Microsoft port Windows to support the ARM architecture. The request is precipitated by the project’s shift to ARM with the XO-2 model in some 18 months. Current OLPC laptops employ the 5w AMD [...] Add comment
NVIDIA was on hand yesterday to speak at the Morgan Stanley Technology conference in San Francisco. The last 00:01:40 of the hour segment was easily the most interesting. The discussion started with an overview of NVIDIA’s position on Intel’s Larrabee GPU, moved to the Tegra, and ended with an admission that Big Green would like [...] 1 comment
As both companies spiral into the inescapable mire of the current economy, tensions are clearly running high. AMD CEO Dirk Meyer recently took the time during a press and analyst call to lash out at Intel for their x86 sabre rattling. Not only is Intel continuing to claim that AMD cannot transfer their x86 license to [...] 13 comments
In what can only be described as an exchange that keeps the market competitive, AMD and Intel have a comprehensive set of cross-licensing agreements. Amongst the most notable is AMD’s permission to use Intel’s x86 architecture and Intel’s permission to use AMD’s x86-64. Both patent suites, now a cornerstone of the CPU industry, are the [...] 6 comments
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Cliff Forster is best described as "one of the guys." He wears his sometimes unpopular opinions proudly, stands up for what he believes in, and loves to dig in and engage in a good ol' verbal donnybrook.
He covers industry news for Icrontic, and writes opinion pieces in the grand tradition of the old guy in your neighborhood when you were a kid... you know, the one who shook his newspaper at you and yelled at you to get off his lawn? Yeah, that's our Cliff.
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