By: Exophase (exophase.delete@this.gmail.com), August 13, 2013 12:27 pm
Room: Moderated Discussions
EduardoS (no.delete@this.spam.com) on August 13, 2013 11:42 am wrote:
> Mark Roulo (nothanks.delete@this.xxx.com) on August 13, 2013 10:11 am wrote:
> > *) The folks in China doing the Godson/Longsoon processor
>
> Did the chinese really cared about acquiring a ISA license?
>
> For many reasons, they don't really need to...
>
They didn't start with a license but they did later get one. Having a government sponsored and promoted project rip off someone's license like this sounds like a bad foreign relations move.
Ingenic, another Chinese SoC vendor, also has a MIPS architectural license and makes custom cores.
> Mark Roulo (nothanks.delete@this.xxx.com) on August 13, 2013 10:11 am wrote:
> > *) The folks in China doing the Godson/Longsoon processor
>
> Did the chinese really cared about acquiring a ISA license?
>
> For many reasons, they don't really need to...
>
They didn't start with a license but they did later get one. Having a government sponsored and promoted project rip off someone's license like this sounds like a bad foreign relations move.
Ingenic, another Chinese SoC vendor, also has a MIPS architectural license and makes custom cores.