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If it's so easy to create fast risc-v cores then why hasn't it been done?
by postalrat 5y ago
If it's so easy to create fast risc-v cores then why hasn't it been done?
- api 5y agoNobody’s done it yet, probably due to lack of perceived demand. Don’t get me wrong. It’s not so easy that a few college kids could just whip one out. A company like Intel or AMD could definitely do it.
- brucehoult 5y agoIt's not exactly easy -- more of "we know how to do it, given funding". Designing any fast modern chip -- such as the Apple M1 -- probably still costs around a billion dollars. In the RISC-V world the company with the most funding so far is SiFive and they've had $190 million. Intel getting involved could change that very quickly.