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:CNET News.com: Sun releases complete chip design for free
CNET News.com: Sun releases complete chip design for free Sep 14, 1999, 20 :21 UTC (1 Talkback[s]) (1452 reads) (Other stories by Stephen Shankland)
"Sun Microsystems has released the designs of a complete microprocessor for free today in an effort to make its
chip designs more popular."
"The complete MicroSparc IIep design can be downloaded for free under the terms of Sun's Community Source License.
Companies that sell the chip must pay Sun royalties--3 percent of the average selling price--but they save hundreds of
thousands of dollars in licensing fees that they could have paid to just get a glimpse of the design, said Fady Azhari, a marketing
manager at Sun..."
"Under the terms of the license, companies may add their own designs to the chip as long as they publish interfaces to the new
features, Azhari said. Sun doesn't get control over that new intellectual property."
