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> RISC-V is/was vitally important in putting downward pressure on ARM licensing. Given current laws. I wonder if the world wouldn’t be better off with strong i
by loup-vaillant 3y ago
> RISC-V is/was vitally important in putting downward pressure on ARM licensing.
Given current laws. I wonder if the world wouldn’t be better off with strong interoperability laws, where ISAs are simply neither copyrightable nor patentable. This would instantly kill ARM of course, but their ISA (well, ISAs) would live on. I love the design of RISC-V, but I find it kind of sick that being forbidden to implement one’s own ARM or x86 core is such a big reason for its success.
- klelatti 3y agoIt wouldn’t kill Arm. They would still license their own cores.
- loup-vaillant 3y agoOops, my mistake, sorry. I still think it would seriously cut into their profits, but you’re right.
- klelatti 3y agoBadly wounded, maybe?!