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Re:CHIP Pro by avhon1 on Wednesday October 12, 2016 @01:01AM (#12690517)
Pretty much every SOC manufacturer. To protect their intellectual property, they control access to the documents that describe the behavior of their products. Also, if you leak any of their intellectual property, the NDA allows them to sue their lost profits (due to clones of their product) out of you.
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Re:CHIP Pro by stbtrax on Wednesday October 12, 2016 @01:36AM (#12690633)
It's not every SOC manufacturer. TI and NXP do not require NDAs for their datasheets, only for the security subsystem perhaps.
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Re:CHIP Pro by kingosticks on Wednesday October 12, 2016 @04:16AM (#12691158)
Do you know if these manufacturers then suffer any more from IP theft because of the more open policy? Or are the NDAs here used more as a 'serious customer' vetting tool so they can concentrate their support efforts towards these customers?
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