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Yes, the this part of the settlement was based on buyers of Intel's compiler being misled into thinking that it produced good code for all processors. Intel is not forced to change their compiler to produce reasonable code on AMD, only to disclose this practice.

http://www.anandtech.com/show/3839/intel-settles-with-the-ft...

Intel's behavior continues to be scummy and reprehensible, but by adding the disclaimer to all pages regarding the compiler they are now legally compliant. Still, it's a good enough compiler that at times it may be worth using and patching the binary to avoid their dirty tricks.



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