Intel licenses Atom-class x86 cores to startup — firm reportedly sharing RTL, enabling customer to build its own custom processors based on x86 general-purpose cores

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After granting about a dozen manufacturing licenses to make various x86 CPUs back in the 1980s, Intel ceased to license both its cores and instruction set architecture (ISA) in a bid not to create rivals. However, in an unusual turn of events, Intel has quietly granted startup RosaicLabs access to its Atom processor technology, reports Reuters. The company was incorporated in May and is led by Lip-Bu Tan's co-investor.

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