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The first casualty of RISC-V will not be ARM, it will be MIPS. MIPS CPUs are the current choice for low-cost embedded systems that run a Linux kernel, from home
by jdblair 8y ago
The first casualty of RISC-V will not be ARM, it will be MIPS. MIPS CPUs are the current choice for low-cost embedded systems that run a Linux kernel, from home routers (where MIPS has nearly 100% penetration) to low-end set-top-boxes. I expect MIPS will be dropping their licensing costs even more to compete at RISC-V matures and becomes a better option.
- TomVDB 8y ago> ... from home routers (where MIPS has nearly 100% penetration) to low-end set-top-boxes. I don't think that's true anymore for new installations. A lot of those home routers and set-top boxes are using Broadcom chips, and they switched from MIPS to ARM years ago.
- jdblair 8y agoBroadcom still ships new MIPS SOCs, like the BCM7231. Context: I work on set top boxes at Netflix.