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What do you suppose the chances are of Apple compiling/running iOS and macOC on RISCV?
by mikece 7y ago
What do you suppose the chances are of Apple compiling/running iOS and macOC on RISCV?
- pram 7y agozero percent
- dathinab 7y agoCloser to zero, it's an open architecture something the king of walled gardens wouldn't touch from a mile away. ;=) Jokes aside the real reason why it's extremely unlikely is that they put a lot of money into ARM and they simply have no reason to switch to it. For this to happen ARM would need to do something like massively increase the price of their IP licenses, or simila. Which won't happen.
- monocasa 7y agoApple has even a less incentive then most to support RISC-V versus ARM. They were a super early investor in ARM back in the early 90s (to the point where ARM probably wouldn't exist today without Apple). I'd be surprised if they pay more than a token amount for their core licenses. For all intents and purposes, RISC-V being open just puts it on the same footing for Apple as ARM is for them.