Ryzen Ram compatibility

I mean, didn't it stop mattering then? we've been on 64bit OS for like a decade now. x86 is all but dead... Unless you're looking to replace some ancient mainframe used for specific software, there's no need to be ibm compatible right?
 
Hmm... you raised an interesting question so I'm gonna look into it.

What I found is rather interesting. First of all, cloning the CPU is illegal so in a way I was right.

Then here comes the interesting parts:

AMD had reverse engineered the Intel 8088, 286 and 386 and produced their CPU based on the designs by Intel but it's not a clone.

Intel however reverse engineered AMD's 64 bit CPUs and produced theirs but still not a clone.

Thus the battles of the giants rage on to this day with their CPUs.
 
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I think the term "IBM compatible" is just a holdover from the days when IBM computers were the only ones using Intel cpus and MS OS.

I think nowadays the term should be Intel compatible rather than IBM.
 
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