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Maybe it would be better for them to enter the Risc-V market. My working thesis is that SoftBank had milked the Arm cow dry. That is why they took it public to
by strangattractor 11mo ago
Maybe it would be better for them to enter the Risc-V market. My working thesis is that SoftBank had milked the Arm cow dry. That is why they took it public to pawn the dregs off onto the retail investor. Paying for an Arm license is wasted money and akin to paying for an OS these days.
- rangestransform 11mo agoArm IP cores are catching up to Apple silicon now with Arm-C1
- indolering 11mo agoThis is a "why not both" strategy: ARM has the market share whereas the RISC-V ecosystem is still being built up. Once you have a RISC based chip, it's not nearly as much work to change to another RISC ISA.
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- klelatti 11mo ago> The chip is expected to power future Microsoft Surface products scheduled for release in 2026. They would have to persuade MS to create Windows for RISC-V in this case.
- runjake 11mo ago> Maybe it would be better for them to enter the Risc-V market The demand isn't there for the RISC-V product. AMD is exploring this space[1][2] but they aren't bringing them to market because sufficient demand isn't there yet. 1. https://www.amd.com/en/products/software/adaptive-socs-and-fpgas/microblaze-v.html https://www.amd.com/en/products/software/adaptive-socs-and-f... 2. https://www.amd.com/en/products/software/adaptive-socs-and-fpgas/microblaze.html https://www.amd.com/en/products/software/adaptive-socs-and-f...