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3arn0wl@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

Well... obviously some people simply prefer the open source philosophy - and we are seeing open source processors coming out of the open source instruction set : By backing RISC-V, they are sending a message to OEMs.

Nvidia's argument for using RV was that they had the freedom to do things that they weren't allowed to with ARM, and as result they designed better microcontrollers. Surely that turns into the consumer's advantage?

I'm just a couch potato, but as I understand it, RV can beat ARM on PPA because of its modularity : whether that turns into a significant advantage for the consumer, I guess depends on what the processor is being used for.

RnD could be sped up either because of "standing on the shoulders of giants" or because of not having to wrangle licenses : The consumer potentially gets the next generation tech quicker...

And production might be much cheaper, and those cost reductions could be passed on to the consumer.

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