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Gotta love how I pointed out 2 of the 3 companies already gone RISC-V, and you ignored this in your reply, to focus on STMicro, the remaining one. It's amusing
by snvzz 3y ago
Gotta love how I pointed out 2 of the 3 companies already gone RISC-V, and you ignored this in your reply, to focus on STMicro, the remaining one.
It's amusing, because I had deliberately elected to avoid mention of how STMicro is a RISC-V member[0].
>Or you might find your customers walking across the street to buy someone else's gadget, because yours has no advantages.
They will for sure should they not switch to the standard ISA. In their shoes, I wouldn't want to be left behind.
RISC-V is rapidly growing the strongest ecosystem.
0. https://riscv.org/member/stmicroelectronics/ https://riscv.org/member/stmicroelectronics/
- ajross 3y ago> They will for sure should they not switch to the standard ISA. OK, no, that's just not true. Google "adoption curve". Saying that technology X is likely to win out eventually is not the same thing as saying there's no revenue to be had selling "legacy" technology Y. Even today people still fix bugs in the occasional COBOL gadget. And if you're one of the companies (STMicro is one) selling at least partially "legacy" technology (they'd say "mature"), then anything that accelerates motion along that curve is a threat.
- snvzz 3y ago>then anything that accelerates motion along that curve is a threat. What are they going to about it? RISC-V is inevitable. It's actually simple: Embrace it or be left behind. Note that, as highlighted in the parent, STMicro is a member of RISC-V. They're fortunately not that dumb.