• NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    You are overestimating RISC-V. It cannot save the planet alone.

    ARM provides complete chip designs.

    RISC-V is more like an API, and then you still need to design your chips behind it.

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      2 months ago

      I could be wrong, but I think Qualcomm designs its own chips and only licenses the “API”, so it would be no difference for them.

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        2 months ago

        If they use Cortex cores, they are ARM designs. Oryon cores are in house based on Nuvia designs, and I assume it would still require a complete chip redesign if they decide to switch to RISC-V.

    • mako@discuss.tchncs.de
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      2 months ago

      Of course i will still take RISC-V a long time to be even relevant. But in the future there could be multiple Companies that offer finished chip designs to use. As you said not every company wants and can create a design themself.