Qualcomm pitched a Znew extension for RISC-V that basically removes compressed (16-bit) instructions and adds more ARM64-like stuff. It felt very much like tryi

Qualcomm pitched a Znew extension for RISC-V that basically removes compressed (16-bit) instructions and adds more ARM64-like stuff. It felt very much like trying to make an easier plan B for if/when they need/want to transition from ARM to RISC-V. https://lists.riscv.org/g/tech-profiles/attachment/332/0/code_size_extension_rvi_20231006.pdf https://lists.riscv.org/g/tech-profiles/attachment/332/0/cod...