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At least things have changed a little. A chap I know from school wrote a MIPS core for opencores & ended up on the receiving end of lawyers. http://brej.org/yel
by trollied 9y ago
At least things have changed a little. A chap I know from school wrote a MIPS core for opencores & ended up on the receiving end of lawyers. http://brej.org/yellow_star/ http://brej.org/yellow_star/
Granted this was many moons ago, and they have to protect their IP.
- kevin_thibedeau 9y agoIt must have been either violating the last patent still active for unaligned access or plain old trademark violation. I don't know how these guys can get away with calling it a "MIPS" core either.
- rjsw 9y agoThe blog posting is about the use of an official MIPS core along with the second release of some teaching materials.
- jburgess777 9y agoImagination purchased MIPS Technologies 4 years ago for $100M so I think they have the rights to use the MIPS trademark. https://www.imgtec.com/news/press-release/acquisition-of-mips-technologies-completed/ https://www.imgtec.com/news/press-release/acquisition-of-mip...