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I think the ethernet example from the article showcases pretty well why you would want RISC-V to become a lingua franca.
by legulere 4y ago
I think the ethernet example from the article showcases pretty well why you would want RISC-V to become a lingua franca.
- klelatti 4y agoEthernet as a networking standard generates huge benefits in interoperability between devices if there is a common standard. These benefits don't exist for an ISA. There are some benefits clearly but holding up Ethernet as the example is convenient but flawed. Clearly having an open ISA is great news and one that we should support and hope it succeeds. Advocating for that single ISA to crowd out all other ISAs and render them unviable isn't in my view for a number of reasons.
- legulere 4y agoYou have the same need of interoperability for ISAs. Being able to share compiled binaries is a huge advantage as can be seen with x86 on the desktop and ARM for mobile devices.