Comment on Intel collapsing?
IrateAnteater@sh.itjust.works 4 days agoIf Intel disappears, I imagine AMD will end up as the sole owner of the relevant Intel x86 patents during bankruptcy proceedings. Then AMD will then either negotiate a new agreement with someone else who wants to make x86 processors, or they end up having a monopoly on x86 and are forced to tread extremely lightly to avoid an antitrust lawsuit.
Buffalox@lemmy.world 4 days ago
I think someone would get those Intel X86 rights. However there may be questions on whether the rights from AMD like A64 are transferable.
Anyways the immediate effect would probably be that AMD X86 will be a lot more expensive.
3dcadmin@lemmy.relayeasy.com 4 days ago
This is exactly how I see it panning out. The new owners would be american as well as there is no way the US govt would allow it to go overseas