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ISAs can be patented. Intel is patenting their latest AVX/SSE instructions.



ISA spec is copyrighted. Instructions aren't patented directly. Instead, the best ways of implementing them are patented.


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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