> That really sounds like a winning proposition for Apple, given that Intel's own 64-bit arches historically sucked.
Yeah but for various reasons any usable amd64 CPU needs backwards compatibility with x86 - which, if Apple doesn't want to go the Fat Binary emulation approach again, requires that an Apple-bought AMD must achieve a licensing deal with Intel to maintain said compatibility.
Then again, Apple these days doesn't give a ... about BC anymore anyway, so they might as well go down that track and use only amd64.
Yeah but for various reasons any usable amd64 CPU needs backwards compatibility with x86 - which, if Apple doesn't want to go the Fat Binary emulation approach again, requires that an Apple-bought AMD must achieve a licensing deal with Intel to maintain said compatibility.
Then again, Apple these days doesn't give a ... about BC anymore anyway, so they might as well go down that track and use only amd64.