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RISC-V is making moves, but how will it hit the mainstream? (www.theregister.com)
submitted 2 weeks 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] 2 points 2 weeks ago

Ecosystem is the key thing here. It's a hard thing to go from cute embedded nonsense hacks to standard firmware booting distro cdroms/usb sticks and "boring" installs with strong upstream support. I've watched this first hand from the Arm ecosystem point of view and I don't know who or where this work is being driven from for RiscV. Defining the ISA is really just the first step.