THIS WEEK IN 1987: In its quarterly filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) disclosed that it had filed a $1 billion lawsuit against Intel Corporation over an alleged breach of contract. Intel and AMD had a cross-licensing agreement for AMD to act as a "second source" for Intel's 8086, 80186, and 80286 CPUs. But Intel refused to share the designs for its newer, more profitable 80386 CPU.
An arbitrator would eventually rule that Intel violated the agreement and granted AMD a license to use any necessary Intel 80386 IP in its own cloned chip, the Am386. Intel would try to get the arbitrator's decision reversed, but it was upheld by the California Supreme Court in 1994.
Time for the #Linux and #OpenSource News video!
This week, we have more details about @system76 Cosmic desktop, with a lot of customization for their panels, we have #AMD going full FOSS for their firmware, and some interesting changes in the defaults for @kde Plasma 6!
@thelinuxEXP@system76@kde Exciting news in the world of #Linux and #OpenSource! Just watched the film and loved it. @system76's Cosmic desktop looks amazing with its customizable panels. Kudos to #AMD for embracing FOSS in their firmware. Can't wait to explore the interesting changes in @kde Plasma 6! 🎉
The amd guy says that "the ally is an inflection point for portable gaming" how many blow jobs did he get to avoid mentioning the Steam Deck that went live more than a year ago ? #rogally#corruption#amd
🆕 blog post -- Dell Latitude 3445 Chromebook makes a surprise introduction
Hop over to Dell’s site and you’ll see a new #ChromeOS laptop. The Dell Latitude 3445 #Chromebook is powered by newer #AMD Ryzen processors, some of which have AMD Radeon Navi2 Graphics. There’s no pricing or availability information yet but this 14-inch Dell Chromebook is definitely intriguing with AMD’s silicon inside.
A unique bit of #ComputerHistory, the NexGen Nx586 featured an onboard #RISC CPU along with an integrated translation processor that would convert x86 instructions to RISC instructions on the fly.
Designed to compete against Intel’s Pentium CPUs, it was actually ahead of its time, but suffered from technical limitations. The company was purchased by #AMD in 1996 and the technology was later used in their #K6 line of CPUs.