Re:Open cores, ISAs, etc.: what is open about them?
by klelatti on Tuesday December 07, 2021 @05:46AM
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I’m not a lawyer so can’t comment on the GPL point but I hope you’re right.
I suspect that the most likely route to open source higher performance cores is some sort of cross industry consortium collaboration - rather than a single firm - with GPL cores and a central body doing a lot of the work.
I do wonder whether you eventually end up with something that economically looks a lot like a cross between Red Hat and Arm though - say with membership fees for support rather than licensing fees.
I suspect that the most likely route to open source higher performance cores is some sort of cross industry consortium collaboration - rather than a single firm - with GPL cores and a central body doing a lot of the work.
I do wonder whether you eventually end up with something that economically looks a lot like a cross between Red Hat and Arm though - say with membership fees for support rather than licensing fees.