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		hajile on Nov 29, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Western Digital Plans to Ship More Than One Billio... ISA spec is copyrighted. Instructions aren't patented directly. Instead, the best ways of implementing them are patented.

kindfellow92 on Nov 29, 2017 [–]

Seems like Microsoft is potentially being targeted for writing an x86 emulator https://newsroom.intel.com/editorials/x86-approaching-40-sti...

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