IP (was: DMA is obsolete)

When we discuss hardware designs at this level, reusable
components that go into the system are often referred to as "IP
cores" or just "IPs".  For example, a UART might be an IP.

FWIW, I hate this terminology which comes from "intellectual
property" since it insists on the value of this only as
a bargaining/power tool rather than for what it actually performs.

Think of them as building blocks that go into, say, a SoC.

Call them blocks, then.


        Stefan