Second Source The x86? No Thanks
October 6, 2014
There was a time when Intel couldn’t give away rights to make the x86. National Semiconductor turned down the offer to second source the processor.
“I was on a skiing vacation with my family when I got a telephone call from Andy Grove at Intel,” recalls Charlie Sporck, CEO of National, in his book SPINOFF, “Andy said microprocessor sales were so strong that Intel needed a second source.
To read the full article, click here
Related Semiconductor IP
- xSPI Multiple Bus Memory Controller
- MIPI CSI-2 IP
- PCIe Gen 7 Verification IP
- WIFI 2.4G/5G Low Power Wakeup Radio IP
- Radar IP
Related Blogs
- UMC Wins Qualcomm 28nm Second Source Contract!
- Sun's x86 Clone
- Source of IP: Silicon foundries provides 18% of Design IP blocks, IP vendors only 16% to Fabless
- Jeff Bier's Impulse Response - Open Source Digital Signal Processing?
Latest Blogs
- The Growing Importance of PVT Monitoring for Silicon Lifecycle Management
- Unlock early software development for custom RISC-V designs with faster simulation
- HBM4 Boosts Memory Performance for AI Training
- Using AI to Accelerate Chip Design: Dynamic, Adaptive Flows
- Locking When Emulating Xtensa LX Multi-Core on a Xilinx FPGA