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Semiconductor intellectual property core @ Wikipedia
In electronic design a semiconductor intellectual property core, IP block, or IP core is a reusable unit of logic, cell, or chip layout design and is also the intellectual property of one party. IP cores may be licensed to another party or can also be owned and used by a single party alone. The term is derived from the licensing of the patent and source code copyright intellectual property rights that subsist in the design. An uncommon...
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Soft microprocessor @ WIkipedia
soft microprocessor (also called softcore microprocessor or a soft processor) is a microprocessor core that can be wholly implemented using logic synthesis. It can be implemented via different semiconductor devices containing programmable logic (e.g., FPGA, CPLD). [edit] Core comparision Processor Developer Open Source Bus Support Notes Project Home OpenSPARC T1 Sun Yes 64-bit OpenSPARC.net MicroBlaze Xilinx No OPB, FSL, LMB ...
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Bird Computer
If you're looking for a FPGA SoC core this is the place to look. Available Cores Free for personal or evaluation purposes. All cores are written in Verilog. License required for commercial use.
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Open Core Protocol International Partnership (OCP-IP)
OCP-IP is a ground-breaking industry association dedicated to making a common standard for intellectual property core interfaces, or sockets, that facilitate 'plug and play' SOC design. To make complex SOC design a reality for a broader audience, the industry needs a complete socket standard that everyone can use, no matter what their on-chip architecture is, or whose processor cores they're using.
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CMOSEXOD - free IP cores
Download free IP. For example: a general purpose fixed-point Digital Signal Processor targeted for implementing a real-time stereo equalizer in the form of cascaded digital band-pass filters * powerful 8 bit CISC processor * and others. [Not updated since 2003].
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Free Core Evaluation
PLDApplications’ highly-skilled R&D team specializes in digital soft intellectual property (IP) cores for ASIC and FPGA chip designers, with a strong focus in the PCI and derivatives markets (CardBus, CompactPCI, PC104+) as well as related or emerging markets such as PCI-X and PCI Express. Use this link to request an ASIC or FPGA evaluation.
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Nios Community Forum Website
This new and innovative initiative is here to help you make the most of your Nios® embedded processor development, by providing a central place for support, communication, and sharing of ideas. Do you have questions about the Nios processor or embedded operating systems? Altera-sponsored 'community' forum.
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