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minus-squareReallyActuallyFrankenstein@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 years agoAs someone out of the loop on modern RISC, what is the benefit of RISC versus x86/64?
minus-squarefloofloof@lemmy.caOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·edit-22 years agoThe specific benefit of RISC-V vs other architectures is that it is open source, so can be used without having to pay a fee to the company that owns it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RISC-V
minus-squareReallyActuallyFrankenstein@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 years agoAh, open source - that’s an advantage for sure, thank you.
As someone out of the loop on modern RISC, what is the benefit of RISC versus x86/64?
The specific benefit of RISC-V vs other architectures is that it is open source, so can be used without having to pay a fee to the company that owns it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RISC-V
Ah, open source - that’s an advantage for sure, thank you.