{"id":518,"date":"2005-12-07T18:58:06","date_gmt":"2005-12-07T08:58:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flamingspork.com\/blog\/?p=518"},"modified":"2005-12-07T18:58:06","modified_gmt":"2005-12-07T08:58:06","slug":"slashdot-sun-open-sourcing-ultrasparc-design","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flamingspork.com\/blog\/2005\/12\/07\/slashdot-sun-open-sourcing-ultrasparc-design\/","title":{"rendered":"Slashdot | Sun Open-Sourcing UltraSPARC Design"},"content":{"rendered":"

Slashdot | Sun Open-Sourcing UltraSPARC Design<\/a><\/p>\n

This is pretty ultra-cool news. Especially in academic circles and for upcoming chip designers.<\/p>\n

I’m sure that there’s decent business models in place so that they don’t cannibalise their hardware sales.<\/p>\n

What would be very cool is if cheap manufactures pick up slightly older chip generations and produce them for dirt-cheap prices. This means more commodity hardware – which is very good for humanity.<\/p>\n

It also makes it possible to run an even more open platform where even the source to your CPU is available!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Slashdot | Sun Open-Sourcing UltraSPARC Design This is pretty ultra-cool news. Especially in academic circles and for upcoming chip designers. I’m sure that there’s decent business models in place so that they don’t cannibalise their hardware sales. 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