Nemeski@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoLinus Torvalds says RISC-V will make the same mistakes as Arm and x86www.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square52fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkLinus Torvalds says RISC-V will make the same mistakes as Arm and x86www.tomshardware.comNemeski@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square52fedilink
minus-squareBobGnarley@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoRISC-V is the only shot we have at usable open source hardware. I really, really hope it takes off.
minus-squarewewbull@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoWhilst some open source implementations exist, RISC-V is not open source. It’s an open standard. i.e. there’s no license fee to implement it.
minus-squareBobGnarley@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoI didn’t know that I thought all RISC-V was open source :( I’m not as familiar with it as I’d like to be. I might just have to dive into it more and change that soon
RISC-V is the only shot we have at usable open source hardware. I really, really hope it takes off.
Whilst some open source implementations exist, RISC-V is not open source. It’s an open standard. i.e. there’s no license fee to implement it.
I didn’t know that I thought all RISC-V was open source :( I’m not as familiar with it as I’d like to be. I might just have to dive into it more and change that soon