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so RISC-V has been around for decades, right? why does it seem like it's blowing up now?
by starkruzr 6y ago
so RISC-V has been around for decades, right? why does it seem like it's blowing up now?
- pjscott 6y agoThe RISC approach to microprocessor design has been around since the 1980s, but the specific instruction set called "RISC-V" has only been around since 2010.
- _chris_ 6y agoIt takes years for tooling to improve and for industry designs to start making it out into the world. As more designs make it into end-users' hands, the tooling has even more motivation to improve. I feel like that slow evolution can make it appear "suddenly popular" despite being around for a few years. =)
- brucehoult 6y agoDesign work was started on RISC-V in 2010 and an initial frozen spec was released to the public in 2015. The first proper 32 bit chip and board (HiFive1/FE310) shipped in December 2016, and the first Linux-capable 64 bit chip and board (HiFive Unleashed/FU540) in April 2018. It's pretty new.