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RISC-V started 2010, the year Zynq was dreamed up. Candence bought XTensa (much less than 2%) and I know of several products using their cores. My arguments ab
by thesz 8y ago
RISC-V started 2010, the year Zynq was dreamed up. Candence bought XTensa (much less than 2%) and I know of several products using their cores.
My arguments about ARM CPU inferiority are about ARM CPU inferiority and related vendor lock-in. I summarize them: for your substantial money you get inferior CPU you cannot improve much, for prototyping and then for product, with highly aggressive pricing when you want to run ASIC.
- adwn 8y ago> RISC-V started 2010, the year Zynq was dreamed up. Exactly: much too late for Zynq, and still a minuscule market share even 8 years later. > for your substantial money you get inferior CPU Wrong, and furthermore, you still didn't get the point: It's not about theoretical technological perfection, but about the surrounding ecosystem, tooling, related IP, available expertise, and support. > CPU you cannot improve much Also wrong, and irrelevant for 99% of use cases. > with highly aggressive pricing when you want to run ASIC Irrelevant for 99% of FPGA designs.