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Google maintains two parallel Android platforms right now, so the idea of porting everything over to a third is not _too_ far off. There's a lot of effort in ge
by mmastrac 5y ago
Google maintains two parallel Android platforms right now, so the idea of porting everything over to a third is not _too_ far off. There's a lot of effort in getting JIT up-to-speed on RISC, but most everything else is a recompile away.
- monocasa 5y agoAnd JIT can come in later. But definition it's making runtime decisions on code generation, so being supported by optional extensions isn't the end of the world.
- klelatti 5y agoI’m old enough to remember Intel throwing billions at getting x86 into smartphones. Just because there is a port available doesn’t mean the hardware and ecosystem will follow.
- unfocussed_mike 5y agoWhether it'll make it into a phone is a whole other matter, but there has been at least one RISC-V port of AOSP: https://www.xda-developers.com/android-risc-v-port/ https://www.xda-developers.com/android-risc-v-port/