Google, HP, Oracle Join RISC-V - Open source processor core gains traction
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Tyng-Ruey Chuang, Kevin Ford, uıɐɾ ʞ ʇɐɯɐs, Charles Stanhope and 3 others likes this.
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I wonder if the the lack of support is really the biggest obstacle to adoption, or will the inevitable (threat of) lawsuits from ARM and Intel et al help slow the acceptance and use... Having said that. It might gain traction first for use in designs that don't have external facing customers. Custom ICs and the like that aren't sold to others or in the little corners of designs that are sold to others but where the RISC-V core isn't exposed. And perhaps the time for widespread use of FPGAs in computation has come. RISC-V could definitely get widespread adoption there. Although, the lawsuits might still follow them there if it was perceived as a big enough threat to licensing revenue. Anyway, definitely interesting times for hardware!
Charles Stanhope at 2015-12-29T17:55:57Z
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inevitable (threat of) lawsuits from ARM and IntelI doubt the risc-v people will be sued by intel, as intel is one of their sponsors.
Andrew E at 2015-12-29T20:07:33Z
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I had not seen the Intel sponsorship. Although, it seems like it was indirectly related to RISC-V: https://aspire.eecs.berkeley.edu/about/
Then again, Intel has recently purchased Altera, so I'm sure they want to explore all the ways to take advantage of these new (to them) fine grained computing architectures. There are definitely some new developments happening.
By the way, I don't mean to spread FUD. I like the RISC-V project. From my observations, in the electronics industry, the typical corporate behavior is often competing in the courtroom and not just in the market. But I'm vocalizing my cynicism, which is unhelpful.
Then again, Intel has recently purchased Altera, so I'm sure they want to explore all the ways to take advantage of these new (to them) fine grained computing architectures. There are definitely some new developments happening.
By the way, I don't mean to spread FUD. I like the RISC-V project. From my observations, in the electronics industry, the typical corporate behavior is often competing in the courtroom and not just in the market. But I'm vocalizing my cynicism, which is unhelpful.