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It's a custom implementation of an existing architecture
by voidUpdate 2mo ago
It's a custom implementation of an existing architecture
- ahartmetz 2mo agoIt's common to call the instruction set just "architecture", or ISA (instruction set architecture) to be more precise. The implementation is commonly called "microarchitecture".
- speed_spread 2mo agoRV32I doesn't define any architecture, it's just an ISA i.e. a software contract that happens to be implementable in hardware. The CPU could run on outer space goop and still be RV32I.
- Brian_K_White 2mo ago"RV32I doesn't define any architecture, it's just an ISA." My friend...
- speed_spread 2mo agoYou are right, 'A' stands for Architecture. _Instruction Set_ Architecture that is. Not CPU architecture. I should have been more clear: > RV32I doesn't define the hardware architecture FTFM - satisfied?