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I see. I'm more familiar with the software side of things, this sounds analogous to open source licenses encountered there.
by uticus 3y ago
I see. I'm more familiar with the software side of things, this sounds analogous to open source licenses encountered there.
- PaulHoule 3y agoThe ARM IP is multifaceted. There's the instruction set. There are chip designs at various levels of detail that a licensee can use or modify to make their own chips. There are tons of patents, see https://patents.justia.com/assignee/arm-limited https://patents.justia.com/assignee/arm-limited and of course trademarks, such as "ARM" itself.
- wongarsu 3y agoIn a sense ARM is like a big open source project, with component libraries and production-ready example projects. It's less open in the sense that you need NDAs and license payments, but the flexibility is similar.
- pjmlp 3y agoThe libraries being Verilog, or whatever they use for their chip design.