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		GartzenDeHaes 84 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Athlon 64: How AMD turned the tables on Intel > they wouldn’t have to worry about competing CPU designs, at least not for a very long time. US Government sales require two vendors, which I think is why AMD had x86 licenses in the first place.

colejohnson66 83 days ago [–]

IBM*. They approached Intel for the 8088 for the 5150, but said "We want a second source". So Intel reeled in AMD. Second sourcing at the time was pretty common.

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