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If anything, they must have learned by now that they can simply drop the ARM cores and go full RISC-V. As long as they make their core at least feature-equival
by snvzz 2y ago
If anything, they must have learned by now that they can simply drop the ARM cores and go full RISC-V.
As long as they make their core at least feature-equivalent by implementing FPU and the secure boot chain.
- MisterTea 2y agoThey certainly can but the end users likely can't. I am sure there are a lot of projects that make Arm assumptions and porting isn't as simple as changing compilers. And is Risc-V tooling as mature as Arm? Doubtful. So releasing a pure Risc-V micro is Risc-Y at this time. However, giving end users both in the same chip eliminates any risk because it allows the Risc-V tooling to develop at the same time. And if that development fails, oh well, the Arm cores will keep working and the next tapout might exclude the Risc-v cores. Life moves on.
- snvzz 2y ago>is Risc-V tooling as mature as Arm? RISC-V is rapidly growing the strongest ecosystem.