Xiaofan Chen wrote: > On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 9:43 PM, David VanHorn wrote: >> It will cost power and die space, and make the system LESS reliable, >> AND require a "blessing booth" for every manufacturer. And what >> happens when XYZ co gets sold and stops supporting chip W which I paid >> for, and need to use? >> >> Sounds like a great way to get your chip designed out of a project. > > Totally agreed. We've enough of software activation. Hopefully not > in hardware... > > That is why it is done by some professors anyway... > > Xiaofan I can see it getting done for highly integrated computer chips like bus bridges, CPUs, but not for commodity level chips like RAM, MCUs, mixed mode chips, etc. - Martin -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist