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Forgive me, but I don't understand how you can acknowledge that you do pay for ISA licensing and then contradict that in the next sentence. > You're paying for

• kllrnohj 3y ago
  If you're comparing between two products and one is $1500 and the other is $1501, is that $1 really entering your list of pros/cons? No, of course not. It's irrelevant at that point, literally any other difference (even what color the dumb thing is) is immediately more significant. That's my point, there's a point at which the increased end-price as a result of the licensing is such a small % of the total price as to simply no longer be significant for the consumer buying the product. And phones are already expensive enough that the SoC being 1-2% more expensive simply doesn't matter in any meaningful degree to the end purchase price. Nobody is looking at the $1200 iPhone 15 Pro Max and going "damn, if only this was $0.50 cheaper, then it'd be all over it..."
  • persnickety 3y ago
    Consumer devices with ARM cores can be had for as low as 2 USD (sensors, breakout boards). Phones can be had for Rs 1300 (around 15$): https://pricebaba.com/mobile/pricelist/low-cost-phones-in-india https://pricebaba.com/mobile/pricelist/low-cost-phones-in-in... Sadly, it's impossible to estimate the relative cost without knowing the ISA licensing terms, and I haven't been able to find anything.
    • kllrnohj 3y ago
      > Consumer devices with ARM cores can be had for as low as 2 USD (sensors, breakout boards). Yes, and that is the market where RISC-V is actually appealing. Once you go higher end, the appeal of a no license cost ISA rapidly drops off and stops being a significant factor.