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>>chei0a+(OP)
Yes yes, everyone should move to MCST Elbrus :D

>>hmage+b4
No, use Gaisler's stuff:

http://www.gaisler.com/index.php/products/ipcores/soclibrary

Also SPARC but with plenty GPL. Has a quad-core, too, with all of them designed to be easily modified and re-synthesized. :)

>>nickps+OJ
There are a few of these (open architectures) - but does anyone know how much (ballpark) it'd cost to make something like the Raspberry Pi 2 (ie: a full SoC, with gig ethernet, usb, hdmi, sata) support? Say 10.000 units?

I'm assuming it'd be expensive, as it doesn't appear anyone's doing it...

>>e12e+v41
Several million dollars. Everything is extremely expensive - IP licenses, ASIC layout software licenses, simulation and verification software and possibly hardware, mask costs, line setup costs, wafer production costs, packaging costs, testing costs, etc.

>>alexfo+Yb1
If you're in ASIC industry, look at my reply and I'd appreciate your thoughts on my cost-reduction tactics:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10468534