An ARM killer from IIT-M?

Re:An ARM killer from IIT-M? by 0xbear on Monday November 13, 2017 @12:38AM (#15684531)

But in the case of ARM, you _do_ know, if you manufacture it yourself. ARM licenses intellectual property, not sells chips. Once you buy a license, you can inspect it and make sure it doesn’t have the bits you don’t like.

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Re:An ARM killer from IIT-M? by gsmadhusudan on Monday November 13, 2017 @03:29AM (#15685098)

That means I have to develop all the code from scratch anyway. the arch lic just gets me a ISA spec doc.Might as well start with another ISA that is free. But the issue is bigger. Shakti is also an exercise in using a high level HDL. We would not exist but for Bluespec, we really get a 6x to 10x productivity increase over Verilog. I also get the ability to do true formal proving of the correctness of my code. There is a reason why DARPA hose bluespec for their secure processor work.

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Re:An ARM killer from IIT-M? by TickleSteve on Monday November 13, 2017 @07:55AM (#15686141)

No, an ARM license gets you the implementation of a core in source form. You are free to modify it if needed, as many licensees do.

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Re:An ARM killer from IIT-M? by monocasa on Monday November 13, 2017 @06:20PM (#15691190)

Depends on the license.

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Re:An ARM killer from IIT-M? by retailbuyout on Monday November 13, 2017 @09:51AM (#15686842)

My understanding is that you also need to license from intel if you have a chip.

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