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The instruction set is, not necessarily the implementation.
by gdiamos 2y ago
The instruction set is, not necessarily the implementation.
- Arnavion 2y agoThat said, an open ISA certainly invites people amenable to open-sourcing their implementations, which is why more exist for RISC-V than for x86 or ARM.
- sitkack 2y agoIf you try and make an OSS implementation of either, even using parts of the ISA where all the patents have expired and you will still get sued. The purpose of RISC-V was to have a boring, unencumbered ISA that everyone could freely implement. It was a patent play, not a technical advancement.