ZoomIntel this week announced that it would terminate AMD's license to produce x86 processors due to AMD's spinoff company, Globalfoundries.
AMD spun off its manufacturing division and would thereby use the new company to manufacture its own products as well as possibly products from other companies. Due to dwindling financial performance, this was something that AMD deemed necessary. However, Intel said that because the spinoff isn't a subsidiary of AMD, it does not confirm to the license agreement Intel signed with AMD in 2001--the license doesn't automatically transfer to a spinoff company...
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