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I've heard hardware guys complain about saving pennies. When you're manufacturing millions of units then saving 20 cents on each of them absolutely does matter
by chocolatebunny 8y ago
I've heard hardware guys complain about saving pennies. When you're manufacturing millions of units then saving 20 cents on each of them absolutely does matter. Obviously saving 20 cents now doesn't offset all the other issues with RISC-V but saying it's meaningless to cut out 20 cents is not correct.
- est31 8y agoI don't think that's what stefan_ wanted to say. I think it's rather that RISC-V isn't effective enough (yet) to be suitable for scenarios where the main thing you optimize for is something other than cost (like heat dissipation, power use, performance, etc). For scenarios where these things don't matter, but cost is very important, RISC-V is the ideal choice.
- nickik 8y agoThe problem is that most of these companies will still use commrecial soft cores. Meaning that you still pay for the RISC-V chip most of the time. So it will probably be cheaper, but your not saving 100% most of the time. There are some companies where is is a huge issue. However for others its all about avoiding up front cost. For others its about flexibility. For others its about narrow innovation.