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by Macha 1549 days ago
My understanding is that everything was pretty much wrapped up with the quid pro quo settlement where Intel allows AMD an x86 license and AMD allows Intel a license the x64 extensions, and it also applies to extensions since then like AVX.

Here's the terms: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2488/000119312509236...

I don't think any money actively changes hands on an ongoing basis for this, but when this was signed Intel did pay $1.25 billion and AMD agreed to drop anti-trust complaints against Intel.