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RVA23 hardware is available (e.g. SpacemiT K3)
by mappu 2mo ago
RVA23 hardware is available (e.g. SpacemiT K3)
- Joel_Mckay 2mo agoSome are already on RVA23.1 even before the standard made it to more than 4 manufacturers product lines. The meme joke about standards is sadly relevant for riscv. =3 https://xkcd.com/927/ https://xkcd.com/927/
- d-us-vb 2mo agoAs I’ve come to understand it, standards simplify intensionally, not extensionally. For those who select a part that is compliant with a standard, more standards to choose from is better because engineers are able to make better tradeoffs; they’re not forced to select a part that does way more than the application needs thus making the product more expensive if there are lots of “competing” standards: some do less some do more. For RV, a litany of standardized modules creates a system where each capability that the module provides will have a standard interface. No manufacturer is forced to invent extensions bespoke to their implementation, but they’re not forced to support everything the most powerful models do either. Just my two cents.
- ngl999 2mo agoThat is given, vendors actually _know_ what exact practical applications they are building for.
- Joel_Mckay 2mo agoSure, the constellation of features is no longer a general purpose computer in the retail context, but rather an ASIC appliance the ends up incompatible/useless rather quickly. Maybe Gentoo could tame that level of chaos... or people just buy ARM64 again knowing the software ecosystem already works. =3
- camel-cdr 2mo agoThe RVA point releases don't add new mandatory features, so every RVA23 complient board is also RVA23.1 complient. They only add new optional extensions.
- Joel_Mckay 2mo agoUntil people admit they made the same mistake as ARM6 fragmenting the architecture focus, its adoption will probably continue to stall under each firms hubris. =3 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second-system_effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second-system_effect