[varispeed]

Would running X86 require licensing? If Intel doesn't say anything then could Apple in a couple of years develop their own X86 CPU by turning Rosetta into a hardware solutions? Technically it should be possible - as Transmeta has done something similar, but cannot find if they got a license from Intel or it was not needed. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transmeta

[soraminazuki]

It’s likely not what Apple needs, though. They probably need a solution they can maintain long enough to let the transition through, but not any longer. They’d drop support for x86 as soon as enough applications gain support and existing x86 products get dated. Maybe 5 years?

[mlindner]

I've read that Rosetta 2 doesn't actually emulate x86 and only emulates x86_64 which is owned by AMD, not Intel.