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		cbd1984 on July 1, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Resurrecting the SuperH architecture From the comments there, early MIPS architectures are also patent-expired at this point. They might have had more actual work done with them back in the old days, so their code might be in better shape now.

kevin_thibedeau on July 1, 2015 [–]

The key point is that this is the first widely deployed 32-bit RISC platform with a 16-bit instruction set to come off patent. That has advantages for the embedded applications being targeted in this case. You won't get that with a MIPS or ARM clone because MIPS16 and Thumb are still under patent.

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