<< snip >> Some instructions on the zSeries are patent protected. That means that writing any code or making any hardware which has an identical effect, regardless of how it is done, can only be legally done if the person/company doing the emulation has a patent license. The point is that Intel may also have patents on some of the effects of one or more of their instructions. I will say that I think this is unlikely or Intel would shut AMD down immediately.
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