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1. 1.▲
   by 0x1DEACAFE 8y ago

   meh. i think the unit count is down to about a thousand. also strongly dependent on what node size you use. 180nm and 350nm are pretty cheap these days. but you're probably only off by an order of magnitude if you're talking about
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   by 0x1DEACAFE 8y ago

   Code size for RV32IMAC is still pretty mediocre with the current GCC/RISCV compiler. And the standard library they use by default is pretty sub-optimal. I know they're working on it, and it's clear they're making quick p
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   by 0x1DEACAFE 8y ago

   I think this is wrong. Certainly the GCC toolchain spits out some remarkably mediocre code . RISC-V compressed is generally on par with Thumb2, and where it differed, Thumb2 seemed to be a tiny bit more dense. If you compare GCC/ARM wi
4. 4.▲
   by 0x1DEACAFE 8y ago

   Yup. Everything you say is true. I would add though there are a couple places in the low end where one or two cents seem to matter. Or at least product managers think that it matters. In the mid-range, RISC-V providers (certainly SiFive) ar