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Considering that Intel had been an ARM licencee in the past, it would appear that they are attempting to leapfrog the ARM RISC space by going to RISC-V. There
by GianFabien 5y ago
Considering that Intel had been an ARM licencee in the past, it would appear that they are attempting to leapfrog the ARM RISC space by going to RISC-V.
There are many who see RISC-V as being an attractive alternative to ARM. Especially when you consider the opportunities to extend the instruction set to support niche application domains.
- GregarianChild 5y agoI imagine that the real reason is not the attractiveness of the ISA, but the commercial danger of NVidia gaining control over Arm IP.
- zibzab 5y agoThat would make much more sense if the buyer was qualcomm.
- GregarianChild 5y agoWho says that Qualcomm are not also trying to do something in the RISCV space?
- unanswered 5y agoBased on LinkedIn searches, Qualcomm disbanded their general-purpose silicon IP division in Raleigh/Durham before the pandemic. So the question is, have they acquihired a team elsewhere to replace them, perhaps with more RISC-V knowledge? If not, you can infer they probably aren't seriously competing in this space.
- GregarianChild 5y agoLinkedIn is always interesting, I agree. For example, what is cloud guy like Larry Wikelius doing at a wireless processor company like Qualcomm?