I wonder if we ever see the Godson outside the chinese market sounds like a cool CPU or if MIPS would not just sue them to death as soon as they try exporting it.
The instruction set is MIPS compatible, but the creators have backed away from promoting the chip as such due to threats of a lawsuit
The chip uses a modified version of the MIPS instruction set that replaces proprietary instructions with ones developed by ICT
In March 2007 STMicroelectronics bought a licence from MIPS Technologies Inc. and announced a partnership wherein STMicro will manufacture and distribute Godson-family processors.
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The chips were originally MIPS compatible
The instruction set is MIPS compatible, but the creators have backed away from promoting the chip as such due to threats of a lawsuit
The chip uses a modified version of the MIPS instruction set that replaces proprietary instructions with ones developed by ICT
In March 2007 STMicroelectronics bought a licence from MIPS Technologies Inc. and announced a partnership wherein STMicro will manufacture and distribute Godson-family processors.