TPL Group Watch

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Welcome to the TPL Group Watch website. TPL Group Watch aims to watch and document the activities of the TPL Group because we feel they will usher in a new era in computing, microprocessors, and consumer electronics.

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FORTHdrive™ Available to "qualified parties"
5th April, 2008

The FORTHdrive™ has been available for several months from Intellasys but we have not been able to get our hands on one. The FORTHdrive&trade is in essence a SEAforth processor that connects to a PC via the USB port. If anyone has gotten a hold of one of these please do write to us and provide us feedback.

Do also see this _newsgroup post_ that explains some issues and constraints around distribution of the FORTH drives.

Source: Intellasys

Patent Reform Act Favors Big Biz and Threatens Innovation
2nd March, 2008

Daniel Leckrone, the founder and chairman of the TPL Group, has submitted an article titled Proposed patent law will cripple U.S. innovation. The title of the article says it all and we do not disagree. What we do wonder is what would the worst case scenario be -- that is, if the Patent Reform Act does pass how dire will that be for TPL Group?

Source: Mercury News

Moore Microprocessor Patent™ Reaches 40 Licensees
25th February, 2008

Mattel, Inc. has become the 40th licensee. Other licensees include Citizen, Nokia, Sharp, Lexmark, NEC, and Hewlett Packard. For a complete list of licensees visit the Alliacense Press Release Page.

Source: Alliacense

SEA Tools 1.3.0 Released
5th February, 2008

SEA Tools are the T18 compiler and simulator package. There is no charge for these tools but you must be a registered user in order to get them (follow the source link if you want to access the forum and/or register).

Source: Intellasys Forum

Mac Leckrone Does Question and Answer Session with IEEE Spectrum
24th April, 2007

Mac Leckrone, an Intellectual Property management and licensing specialist for the TPL Group, answers a few questions for IEEE Spectrum. The questions are few and the answers are short but it is a concise, useful article for those who wish to better understand the TPL Group and the inventions of Chuck Moore. See source link for article.

Source: IEEE Spectrum

Patent Dispute with Toshiba, Panasonic, JVC, and NEC Resolved
18th December, 2007

The details of the settlement appear to be confidential so there is limited comment we can make other than that we are glad to see a resolution was reached and we hope it was just.

Source: Alliacense (1 of 2) | Alliacense (2 of 2)

Portable Design 2006 Editor's Choice Awards
3rd June, 2006

Portable Design has chosen the IntellaSys SEAforth 24 multicore processor platform as the winner for the 2006 Editor's Choice Award (Category: Multicore processor chip platform)

Source: Portable Design