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It was always the goal to support everything from micro to hpc. So more extensions were always expected. However the R in RISC revers to the how many instructio
by panick21_ 4y ago
It was always the goal to support everything from micro to hpc. So more extensions were always expected. However the R in RISC revers to the how many instruction you have to implement to get a job done.
If you write for a microcontroller, RISC-V is just as small now as it was when it started.
- andrekandre 4y ago> However the R in RISC revers to the how many instruction you have to implement to get a job done. right, the way i always understood it was, in many situations there are different riscs that are appropriate (e.g i only need 32-bit integer and atomic instructions for job x) so instead of accumulating larger and larger single spec, you can pick and choose whats needed: you can have still have your risc (fewer, simpler, efficient instruction) cake and eat it (deploy it in various divergent situations and still be standard) too