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I didn't read the article, but I have been trying to stay vaguely informed off and on. The two 'cons' that really need to be addressed: * Average consumers ne
by mjevans 9y ago
I didn't read the article, but I have been trying to stay vaguely informed off and on.
The two 'cons' that really need to be addressed:
* Average consumers need /access/ to purchase working solutions (which means some prosumers and some developers will).
* Working solutions probably need to include: DisplayLink, USB, Ethernet, and /maybe/ WiFi (the later two /could/ just be USB devices) ports on the hardware. Standard bulk IO (like SATA, PCI(e) bus) would be nice to have, but not required.
- Nokinside 9y agoIssues you mention have nothing to do with RISC-V ISA. RISC-V Is just open source ISA, hopefulĺy without any patent issues. Nobody is going develop open source high performance RISC-V processor architecture IP and give the design away free. You pay licenses and royalties just like before.
- tyingq 9y agoThe RISC-V BOOM project looks like it might do something like that. Or am I missing something?
- Nokinside 9y agoBOOM is something like that. But it's essentially prototype reference design that is automatically compiled to 45 nm (10-year old process platform).
- mjevans 9y agoWhat they have to do with the ISA is making implementations of this instruction set common and worth owning for non-hobby toy reasons outside of companies or large projects doing embedded systems development. THAT is what will drive the network effect for success, low prices, and making it a commodity that can be worked on outside of simulated environments.