3 ms·
Academia pulled in too much. Small ISA != Small transistor count. People will inevitably try to throw more transistors on the ISA limitations.
by baybal2 6y ago
Academia pulled in too much.
Small ISA != Small transistor count.
People will inevitably try to throw more transistors on the ISA limitations.
- rwmj 6y agoThis isn't true. Berkeley produced several real RISC-V ASICs and adjusted the encoding according to their findings before RISC-V got any wider attention. Also the team had a long history making real chips before RISC-V, dating back to the early 80s.