Re: IBIS models under NDA

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     Dileep,
     
     Though IBIS protects circuit topologies, some companies may still want
     to protect their driver strength and package model data, at least
     during development and prior to public product launch, while still
     being able to interact with a few other firms. This would be done in
     order not to prime the competition on what the next technological step
     is toward meeting some bus frequency or signal integrity goal.
     
     The second reason is that some people/companies do, and will, make a
     living making driver models and selling libraries. To them IBIS is
     just a format or language, and they need to protect their product like
     any other SW company.
     
     
     Sincerely,
     
     
     Samie Samaan
     Intel Corp.

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Subject: IBIS models under NDA
Author: dileep%contec.contec.COM%contec@netcom.com at SMTPGATE
Date: 8/22/95 3:53 PM

I am confused by the fact that the
semiconductor companies ask for NDA for providing
IBIS models. The whole purpose of IBIS is to make
it possible for the semiconductor companies to
provide models without disclosing proprietary
information. I can understand if they want people
to ask them for models instead of having the
models on the ibis reflector. But requiring NDA
for IBIS models defeats the purpose of IBIS.
Am I missing something here?
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Contec CAE, Ltd.
2188 Bering Drive
San Jose, CA 95131

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