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Re: [ANN] OpenBitASIC : The Open Source Bitcoin ASIC Initiative
by
rjk
on 17/04/2012, 17:21:41 UTC
First, the design you make for a foundry cannot just simply be sent to another foundry. Every design is very foundry specific. In the fabless world everything is operated under NDAs. You cannot simply broadcast you design unless the foundry has checked that you didn't disclose any of the foundries classified information. You cannot even start to design without signing a NDA, because you cannot get the basic information to start with.

Well that's fucked up, can't they take a "general" design and adapt it to their processes as part of the mask fee?