Quick give this man $150K for a libre CPU
On 8 May 2017 18:43:07 GMT+03:00, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton lkcl@lkcl.net wrote:
On Mon, May 8, 2017 at 4:27 PM, ronwirring@safe-mail.net wrote:
Best knowledge is, that new intel and amd processors cannot be
reverse engineered.
What in regard of the latest mali gpus? If you have the money, they can be reverse engineered?
yes. about $150k would do it. but the question is, really: what would happen if you did? and, what else could you do with the same money?
well, with the same money it would be possible to make our own libre processor, with enough extensions to be able to do 3D graphics *without* paying anyone a cent. any company tries to claim patent royalties, all that happens is a search is made on their "claims", for anything similar that has prior art.
if it's another company, guess what? we notify that other company and watch the fireworks...
l.
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