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RPi is a member of the RISC-V foundation but I don't think that that is anything about saving money, it's about the extra flexibility that it would have given R
by klelatti 3y ago
RPi is a member of the RISC-V foundation but I don't think that that is anything about saving money, it's about the extra flexibility that it would have given RPi, as they are doing quite a lot of their own silicon these days.
Complete speculation, but perhaps with an investment from Arm both sides would be more comfortable with closer collaboration and more tailored Arm cores. Plus, RPi probably need the capital.
- mytailorisrich 3y agoIt's a strategic investment to steer them away from risc-v, if needed.
- klelatti 3y agoMy point was that it's not about price (which the current top comment says).
- mytailorisrich 3y agoYes and my reply wasn't about price. No need to be snarky. Edit: And I did reply to the substance of your comment: I think it's above all about keeping them away from ris-v, not flexibility and collaboration (though of course closer collaboration means keeping them away from risc-v). Jeez...
- klelatti 3y agoWhy did you reply then? I've removed the snark but perhaps it's better to engage with the substance of a comment. Edit : You didn’t engage with the substance of the comment which was about RPi’s perspective but instead made an unrelated comment about why Arm would do the investment.
- freedomben 3y agoI don't know if you edited it out, but at least currently it is unclear to me that you're commenting on the perspective of RPi rather than ARM (which is TFA). Without that, it's unreasonable to be annoyed by the reply comment IMHO. Particularly with snark (which removal I applaud) is quite counterproductive.