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lowRISC is the only project that aims to distribute ASICs AFAIK. Are there others?
by ashitlerferad 11y ago
lowRISC is the only project that aims to distribute ASICs AFAIK. Are there others?
- reportingsjr 11y agoThe pulp platform has taped out a RISC-V based microcontroller, but I don't think they have plans to sell/really distribute any asics unfortunately.
- ashitlerferad 11y agoYeah, that is the problem with niche CPU arches; if mass quantities aren't available to buy (either lone chips or in consumer products), people aren't going to use it much. Not everyone can afford to have their own fab :)
- razer6 11y agoYou can always start playing around with PULPino on a FPGA :)
- maaku 11y agoPretty much everyone is looking at eventual ASIC fabrication. It just takes a lot of money to do that, so people are validating ideas first on FPGAs.
- monocasa 11y agoEveryone is looking at ASIC fabrication, it's distribution that we're concerned about.