[comp.arch] Split I and D caches, IBM lawyers, and Motorola

andrew@frip.gwd.tek.com (Andrew Klossner) (08/04/88)

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	"How about the MC88000?  Would it be a violation of IBM's
	"patent" to use one 88100 with *two* 88200s?  I haven't seen
	the patent itself.  Does anyone know what the patent claims
	are?"

It would be very tricky to use an 88100 with fewer than two 88200s.
Anyway, Motorola has quietly signed an agreement with IBM to license
the patents relevant to the 88k.

  -=- Andrew Klossner   (decvax!tektronix!tekecs!andrew)       [UUCP]
                        (andrew%tekecs.tek.com@relay.cs.net)   [ARPA]

dre%ember@Sun.COM (David Emberson) (08/04/88)

> 
> It would be very tricky to use an 88100 with fewer than two 88200s.
> Anyway, Motorola has quietly signed an agreement with IBM to license
> the patents relevant to the 88k.
> 
>   -=- Andrew Klossner   (decvax!tektronix!tekecs!andrew)       [UUCP]
>                         (andrew%tekecs.tek.com@relay.cs.net)   [ARPA]

I guess extortion does pay.