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Re:Dynamic Programming: The Name (1984) by amelius on Monday September 12, 2016 @08:43AM (#12479184)
> It's "IP" (intellectual property) because it's something the company designed, and it's a "core" because it's a circuit that performs a computation.

The same can be said for software.

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Re:Dynamic Programming: The Name (1984) by Cyph0n on Monday September 12, 2016 @09:07AM (#12479311)
And your point is?
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Re:Dynamic Programming: The Name (1984) by amelius on Monday September 12, 2016 @09:48AM (#12479622)
That the term "IP core" is not sufficiently narrow.
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Re:Dynamic Programming: The Name (1984) by Cyph0n on Monday September 12, 2016 @09:53AM (#12479654)
Probably not, but this whole discussion is about a technical term whose origin does not reflect its usage or nature. To me, "IP core" reflects the nature of HDL libraries quite well, and is not at all similar to how the term "dynamic programming" was coined.
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Re:Dynamic Programming: The Name (1984) by amelius on Monday September 12, 2016 @10:29AM (#12479931)
Ok, fair enough, but the term is still bad :)
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