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well, there's a difference in supporting a technology and actually making chips with it. They are just investing in tech and research that might help them down

by ATsch 8y ago

well, there's a difference in supporting a technology and actually making chips with it. They are just investing in tech and research that might help them down the road. I doubt any of those companies (aside from SiFive) will be actually using RiscV within the next few years.

_chris_ 8y ago
Off the top of my head, Western Digital and NVIDIA have both announced using RISC-V in their upcoming products.
snvzz 8y ago
Besides the ones already noted, Qualcomm and others who make SoCs with custom CPU design (rather than using ARM Cortex) are paying ARM tax just to use the ISA. I imagine RISC-V is attractive to them. A lot of these SoCs become the core of smartphones. Did I mention Google (of Android fame) is also a member?
- ATsch 8y ago
  Sure, I'm just arguing that these should be seen more as strategic investments than as sign that these companies are about to roll out RISC-V chips right now, like GP implied.
  - snvzz 8y ago
    WD and NVIDIA have stated outright that they're going to ship them at a volume soon.