Re: [oc] Xscale, etc. and IP

["kinysh asdf" <kinysh@hotmail.com>]

Hi Joachim:

Alchemy is AMD.
But AMD is formed long before StrongARM?
Or at least I know AMD a long time ago before I even know ARM


Bests
qysheng



>From: Joachim Strömbergson <Joachim.Strombergson@InformAsic.com>
>Reply-To: cores@opencores.org
>To: cores@opencores.org
>Subject: Re: [oc] Xscale, etc. and IP
>Date: Wed, 09 Apr 2003 08:17:27 +0200
>
>Aloha!
>
>shr@chat.net wrote:
>>I am thinking about starting my own opencore project for fun and
>>learning. One of the first thoughts that popped into my head was to
>>create a simple clone of the Xscale processor, and even if noone ever
>>ended up using what I created then I would at least have a better
>>understanding of it.
>>
>>But I am afraid of potential IP (intellectual property) issues. In
>>other words if I try to post my code up on this site will Intel come
>>after me and prevent it from being published?
>
>Xscale is the next generation StrongARM processor that Intel aquired when 
>the bought the Hudson fab from Digital (they didn't get the designers 
>though). In IP-terms Xscale is therefore the best of two worlds:
>
>It's an ARM processor, meaning that an unlicensed core might enrage ARM 
>Ltd, which have proven to be hot on these things. And it's an Intel product 
>which means that you might get the biggest chip vendor in the world against 
>you. ;-)
>
>IANAL, but you could probably do your own model of it, learn a lot from it 
>and have a great time doing it. Just don't release it.
>
>StrongARM/Xscale is a great MCU so it's very educational just to study the 
>ISA and published architectual documents. What's really making it good 
>however is the physical implementation. Not sure how much have been 
>published about the physical implementation of the StrongARM/Xscale.
>
>Side note: The designers of StrongARM quit when Intel bought the fab, split 
>into two teams and started two new companies: SiByte and Alchemy. Both 
>developed MIPS-bases CPU/MCUs with extremely good performance/W ratios. 
>SiByte is now a Broadcom company and Alchemy is AMD.
>
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