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Sorry in advance, this is going to be a little off topic: while I agree with the technical points in the article and the comments here about RISC-V deficiencies
by mark_l_watson 6y ago
Sorry in advance, this is going to be a little off topic: while I agree with the technical points in the article and the comments here about RISC-V deficiencies, I hope for a world where Free Software licenses and open hardware rule. (And I admit to some hypocrisy since my daily drivers are the Apple closed ecosystem and Google Workplace.)
What gives me some hope is that an open hardware and Free Software world would help so many people, businesses, and governments. I think it would be a rising tide that lifted all boats except for specific tech industries.
That said, good article.
- nsajko 6y agoThe misconception you present here seems to be widely held, so I'm actually going to upvote you; RISC-V being an open ISA just means that the standards describing the ISA are open, there is no relation with open source hardware. I.e., proprietary RISC-V cores exist, as do open source ARM cores.