This is recent old news that DMP signed an implementation license as opposed to a portfolio license.  My question is this:  what is the potential for implementation licenses and how might they be valued compared to a portfolio license?

See following copied from Alliacense website

CUPERTINO, Calif. – Sept. 7, 2007 – Alliacense today announced that DMP Electronics Inc. has purchased an Implementation License to the Moore Microprocessor Patent (MMP) Portfolio from the TPL Group. An Implementation License empowers manufacturers of microprocessors and/or other component parts to incorporate MMP technology (i.e. “Implementations”), while TPL retains the right to collect royalties from their customers that manufacture and sell finished, end-user products using the Implementations. According to Mike Davis, Sr. Vice President of Licensing for Alliacense “The value of such a license was highlighted by the recent ITC decision in Broadcom v. Qualcomm which sent shock waves through the mobile communications industry by barring the import of certain handsets containing infringing microprocessors manufactured by Qualcomm. While we continue to focus our MMP Licensing Program on manufacturers of end-user products, we welcome semiconductor manufacturers such as DMP who request rights to implement MMP design techniques.” Taiwan-based DMP follows in the footsteps of major microprocessor manufacturers such as Fujitsu, Sony and Sharp who acquired similar rights for their microprocessor businesses.With origins that date back to 1989, DMP Electronics today specializes in the design of embedded computer architectures. The company’s Vortex86SX is a high performance and fully static 32-bit X86 microprocessor. Compatible with popular 32-bit real-time operating systems such as Windows and Linux, Vortex86SX is well suited to be embedded within in a broad range of end-user electronics products.Commenting on the implementation agreement, Daniel Tai, President/CEO of DMP Electronics, said, “The design techniques detailed within the MMP Portfolio are essential in the development of advanced microprocessors such as our Vortex86SX flagship product. We are pleased to join Fujitsu, Sony and Sharp as official implementers of MMP Portfolio design techniques at the chip level.”