Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!rutgers!mailrus!ames!amdahl!pyramid!prls!mips!mash From: mash@mips.COM (John Mashey) Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: Why no RISC clones? Message-ID: <9092@winchester.mips.COM> Date: 1 Dec 88 09:06:47 GMT References: <5030006@hpesoc1.HP.COM> <2329@ficc.uu.net> Reply-To: mash@mips.COM (John Mashey) Organization: MIPS Computer Systems, Sunnyvale, CA Lines: 16 In article <2329@ficc.uu.net> karl@ficc.uu.net (karl lehenbauer #) writes: ..... >Most of the RISC vendors seem to have realized that the path to success for >their chip is for it to be designed into a lot of equipment, that is, to be >successful the chip needs to be popular and sell well. Consequently, rather >than guarding their designs they are trying very hard to license them and >and get them second-sourced. For example, SPARC. In other word, RISC vendors >hope to "protect their investment" by selling a lot of chips. Most = SPARC & MIPS, maybe ARM (?). Clipper, 29K, 88K, 80960, Precision, etc. are not currently licensed/2nd sourced (for various different reasons). -- -john mashey DISCLAIMER:UUCP: {ames,decwrl,prls,pyramid}!mips!mash OR mash@mips.com DDD: 408-991-0253 or 408-720-1700, x253 USPS: MIPS Computer Systems, 930 E. Arques, Sunnyvale, CA 94086