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From: Rudolf Usselmann<rudi@a...>
Date: Thu May 13 07:15:39 CEST 2004
Subject: [oc] One issue about free hardware
On Thu, 2004-05-13 at 06:50, Alex Harford wrote:
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> I wonder what a good term would be for the things that are currently described
> as 'IP' in the hardware field. Ie a common phrase is something like 'the memory
> controller is someone else's IP'. Maybe proprietary core vs free core?
Thats actually a very good point. Perhaps this is a good
time to create a new term.
As I understand from Richards, post the words "intellectual"
and "Property" are bad choices. So perhaps we should try to
come up with a catchy name that can replace "IP".
How about:
1) "Functional Block" or "FB" for short
2) one variant would be "Free Functional Block" or FFB
OK, ok, I'm not being very creative this early in the
morning, may be somebody else has some good ideas ?
Regards,
rudi
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