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To: Richard Schemitsch who wrote (11725)4/21/1998 5:10:00 AM
From: Javelyn Bjoli  Read Replies (1) of 25814
 
The MIPS franchise loses its value if it gets bought by anyone who tries to compete against its licensees. The licensees will feel that company has an unfair "inside track" on new core designs and will eventually have to move away to a more impartial core vendor. That rules out most present MIPS licensees as potential suitors.

Besides, aren't most of the licensees in Asian countries with currency problems that would get in the way of making a large purchase?

The only company I can think of that makes sense as a purchaser of MIPS is Cadence (CDN). As they grow into the burgeoning business of stitching together intellectual property from multiple sources, it will make sense for them to have greater control over key core designs themselves. Something like 13 of the top IC designers from the StrongARM team left to go work for Cadence (on contract) when Intel bought Digital. As they gather good designers, good designs will follow.
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