I like Andre's suggestion of "HDL core" for the general case. I also would like to take John's suggestion and qualify it as "free-licensed HDL core" for the open variety.
On 4/27/09, André Pouliot <[email protected]> wrote: > John Griessen wrote: > > Timothy Normand Miller wrote: > > We should come up with a name to replace "IP > >> core". But we need to ensure that this name is not ambiguous and that > >> it is recognizable as being synonymous to someone who is used to the > >> term "IP core". Starting places are things like "logic block" and > >> "logic core", but I don't think those are good enough. > > > > Here are some terminology ideas: > > open-hdl module > > open-software module > > open-hardware hdl block > > open-hardware module > > open-hardware core > > open-software core > > freecore > > free-licensed core > > > > free-licensed software module > > > > free-licensed hdl block > > free-hardware hdl block > > > > free-hardware code block > > > > > > John Griessen > > > We could go with simply "HDL core". In the industry it's possible to buy > core in different form factor: HDL, netlist and mask. Describing it as > HDL mean that people are already used to the name and know in what > format to expect it. Or we could go with "open core" in opposition with > "ip core" and also support the name already used by the opencores project. > > _______________________________________________ > Open-graphics mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.duskglow.com/mailman/listinfo/open-graphics > List service provided by Duskglow Consulting, LLC (www.duskglow.com) > -- Timothy Normand Miller http://www.cse.ohio-state.edu/~millerti Open Graphics Project _______________________________________________ Open-graphics mailing list [email protected] http://lists.duskglow.com/mailman/listinfo/open-graphics List service provided by Duskglow Consulting, LLC (www.duskglow.com)
