It seems to me the Intel patent is using the AMD designs as examples, not something that's actually patented.
AMD Zen microarchitecture and Intel's Ocean Cove patent
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Re: AMD Zen microarchitecture and Intel's Ocean Cove patent
#12https://twitter.com/KarbinC/status/1511715859789717510?s=20&...
That’s pretty standard text in tech patent.
What exactly would it mean to file a patent “as a joke?”
Re: AMD Zen microarchitecture and Intel's Ocean Cove patent
#13Earlier quoted context omitted.
They can only do it if it was not publicly disclosed. You cannot patent something which has been kept a trade secret.
I don’t understand what you mean. Does AMD’s public disclosure of the microarchitecture prevent them from filing prior art?
Yeah that comment is confusingly worded. I'm not a lawyer, but I do know that there is no explicit relationship between patent-ability and something being a trade secret. The important thing is just that patent applications are public, so once you file, your "secrets" are no longer secret.
Re: AMD Zen microarchitecture and Intel's Ocean Cove patent
#14Those slides aren't the only thing they copied:
https://twitter.com/IanCutress/status/1511718827083669508
Re: AMD Zen microarchitecture and Intel's Ocean Cove patent
#15https://twitter.com/KarbinC/status/1511715859789717510?s=20&...
That’s pretty standard text in tech patent. What exactly would it mean to file a patent “as a joke?”
No. Those figures are pretty "standard". Neither AMD or Intel have "invented" an OOO processor. Those figures mean nothing. Are the standard "big" boxes in any modern processor. The key details are inside.
Re: AMD Zen microarchitecture and Intel's Ocean Cove patent
#16https://twitter.com/KarbinC/status/1511715859789717510?s=20&...
But it was accepted?
It wouldn't be the first time a patent for something absurd was granted.
Re: AMD Zen microarchitecture and Intel's Ocean Cove patent
#17So... Would the patent claim be a copyright infringement of AMDs presentation?
Re: AMD Zen microarchitecture and Intel's Ocean Cove patent
#18https://twitter.com/KarbinC/status/1511715859789717510?s=20&...
It doesn't work that way.
It's one thing to cite it as prior art, but if they are listing it as an example embodiment of their invention then the patent is invalid.
The idea of filing a patent application as a "joke" is nonsense.
Re: AMD Zen microarchitecture and Intel's Ocean Cove patent
#19So... Would the patent claim be a copyright infringement of AMDs presentation?
AMD could invalidate it as prior art pretty easily.
Re: AMD Zen microarchitecture and Intel's Ocean Cove patent
#20It seems to me the Intel patent is using the AMD designs as examples, not something that's actually patented.
The tweets only show illustrations, not the text of the patent. So that's pretty plausible.