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Those arm and x86 licences are so much toxic, I would support anything risc-v, even if it is bad.

• garganzol 4y ago
  They are not toxic. You are free to use everything you want. But for someone it is easier to rely on an existing established ISA instead of trying to roll their own. Using a niche ISA also may have its downsides: compiler support may be not as good, missing peripherals, inability to reach the desired energy/performance balance etc. So, it totally depends on what you want and what you need. There is no space for toxicity, it's just an emotional illusion. You just choose whatever works for you.
  • bmacho 4y ago
    x86 is indeed toxic, the harm that wintel caused and still causes is measured in trillions of dollars. They just gatekeep every program ever and get free money from everyone on the world, for no reasons except that they can do it, and we let them. I agree GP, everything against intel-amd should be supported.
  • sylware 4y ago
    "You are free to use everything" ? It seems you don't know that, in some countries, it is plain illegal to design a CPU using x86/arm ISAs unless you actually pay some licence fees to intel(x86)/amd(x86_64)/arm. You have similar toxicity with, mpeg which requires to pay for a license for any decoder/encoder (but not av1), same for hdmi (but not displayport). Limited to some countries (USA at least).
    • ElectricalUnion 4y ago
      It's even worse with Intel and x86, they basically don't accept your money so you can't even try to license x86. The companies that currently have licenses (AMD and Via) are probably the only ones that will ever get them.
  • snvzz 4y ago
    >Using a niche ISA also may have its downsides RISC-V is no niche ISA. 10b cores shipped in just 2022, according to CEO's speech in latest RISC-V Summit. RISC-V is inevitable.