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It's an industry-specific term. "Physical IP", as in the opposite of "logical IP", does not refer to atoms, but to a low-level specification ("netlist") of the
by adwn 7y ago
It's an industry-specific term. "Physical IP", as in the opposite of "logical IP", does not refer to atoms, but to a low-level specification ("netlist") of the transistor layout of computer chip components. You could compare it to machine code that is optimized for a very specific processor.
- salawat 7y agoThat is juxtaposition of terms is unfortunate... but thank you for clarifying. It's still IP, just in the form of a specification for physical components.
- londons_explore 7y agoBetter explanation: Physical IP is the CPU design at the transistor level. Logical IP is a spec document saying how the processor should work, plus a bit of pseudo code and maybe a simulator or two.