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18 years ago

IP core business model

How does the IP core business model work? Clearly there is some cost for the R&D to construct and validate the core, produce documentation, test vectors, etc. Once a customer gets past the...
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16 years ago

Hi,

I have worked in the IP industry and I am pretty sure that a "low profile lP" as you call it does not make a new industrial product. reasons:

1) any firm wants assurance and after service

2) wants the code to work in their environment

3) small jobs are left for in-house engineers

4) small jobs need to be tailored for a given project(IP may eventually have to support settings and have a GUI etc.)

5) presence of constraints of own customers and any standards between them.

Exceptions are modules for students or unusual niche forgotten in the market.