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Yet it's royalty-free and good enough for Espressif (maker of ESP32) to move exclusively to the RISC V open-source instruction set architecture [1]. "Good enou
by random3 2mo ago
Yet it's royalty-free and good enough for Espressif (maker of ESP32) to move exclusively to the RISC V open-source instruction set architecture [1].
"Good enough ISA plus zero licensing cost" beats "perfect ISA plus royalties" in the embedded space.
Also, let's not forget that the reason the world is built on the von Neumann architecture is that it was made available for free.
[1] - https://www.eenewseurope.com/en/espressif-moves-exclusively-to-risc-v/ https://www.eenewseurope.com/en/espressif-moves-exclusively-...
- inigyou 2mo agoWhy didn't they make their own ISA long ago? Then they could have zero royalties. AFAIK ESP8266 was already its own architecture.
- hmry 2mo agoESP8266 uses an Xtensa CPU like the ESP32 (just a non-customizable preset)
- desterothx 2mo agoyeah thats kind of the conclusion if you read the article entirely...