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I think that the answer is pretty obvious, but the interesting point is to figure out which processor type, and which part of revenues, up-front license or royalties? One of my customers, let’s call him Mr. X, ask me to clarify this point. Mr. X has bought the excellent report from Gartner “Market Share: Semiconductor Design Intellectual Property, Worldwide, 2013” in which most of the IP vendors (at least all the large vendors) are ranked by IP segment. He wants to size the processor IP market, but the first question is: what should we call a processor IP?

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