IIRC ARM did end up licensing the SuperH patents about that. I tend to think SuperH could have been much more of a contender had Hitachi been more willing to li

IIRC ARM did end up licensing the SuperH patents about that. I tend to think SuperH could have been much more of a contender had Hitachi been more willing to license it for integration by others. The one that mystified me was why anyone thought MIPS was viable in this space, other than the fact that it existed. Ultimately MIPS utterly failed to take advantage of their very big wins.