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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
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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).
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