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I'm pretty sure Mill computing will never get off the ground. If they were intent on producing something they would've started by now. The only thing they've wo
by sparkie 4y ago
I'm pretty sure Mill computing will never get off the ground. If they were intent on producing something they would've started by now. The only thing they've worked on from the beginning is patents. And since now the focus is on RISC-V due to its openness, Mill will likely not see success unless they go the same route, because people don't want a locked down processor.
- zozbot234 4y agoMill is not an alternative to RISC-V; their insn set is a lot closer to hardware-specific microcode (much like VLIW architectures in general) than a truly general-purpose ISA. RISC-V admits of extensions, but aside from that it's fully general and most use of RISC-V will target standard ISA configs.
- dogma1138 4y agoEven if you intend to have a completely open project patents aren’t necessarily a bad thing. Patents prevent others form parenting it, even if prior art exists someone can still get a patent and the legal battle to revoke it can be costly if you don’t have large corporate backing. So getting patents and offering them under an open FRAND license is a good option, some of the most common standards we have work this way. Ofc if the only reason you get patents is to commercialize them later it’s going to be quite hard to get people to adopt your stuff.