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RISC-V is making moves, but how will it hit the mainstream? (www.theregister.com)
submitted 1 month ago by GreenEngineering3475 to c/hardware
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Can it topple x86 and Arm, or is the gap too wide to close?

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

Considering how a product hits mainstream is complicated. I assure you that marketing has asked themselves this question for their own businesses for centuries.

To some degree it’s a chicken and egg problem with respect to software namely OS support. it takes a certain minimum inertia to command support. Outside of this, it’ll be by offering a compelling value proposition and claiming space in products that consumers purchase not specifically for its processor architecture but because those products solve a problem.