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[–] cerement@slrpnk.net 38 points 1 year ago (3 children)
[–] RedWeasel@lemmy.world 22 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Until risc-v is at least as performant as top of the line 2 year old hardware it isn’t going to be of interest to most end users. Right now it is mostly hobbyist hardware.

I also think a lot of trust if being put into it that is going to be misplaced. Just because the ISA is open doesn’t mean anything about the developed hardware.

[–] uis@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Same goes for RV, OpenRISC, MIPS and other architectures.

[–] SquigglyEmpire@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Is MIPS still around? I know it was used a lot in embedded stuff but last I heard they were shutting down development of new MIPS chips.

[–] uis@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

Baikal T comes to mind.