From sand to silicon chips, openly

[grarpamp]

> Where's the profit motive to develop things that can be sold on basis of value when the IP value is destroyed using an open architecture model?
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> It's a lot of work to develop a CPU design and it costs a lot of money (well north of $50M). Who pays for that when the value is destroyed by opening up the design so anyone can copy it?
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> Seems very naïve relative to how the semiconductor investment cycle works.

Asking on list would probably yield some of what you seek.