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Aug 1, 2015 at 10:16
The RISC-V specification is full of interesting discussions of ISA design goals. http://t.co/6SG5TB6Riw http://t.co/Tyl6GTBx2N
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Feb 18, 2022 at 09:29
RISC-V seems like a great example of "commoditise your complements". If you're getting value higher in the hardware or software stack, a royalty-free ISA is valuable. Creating an ISA is a ton of work. Once it's basically viable, it creates interesting opportunities.
Nov 8, 2021 at 17:31
Blackbird: a desktop PC with zero proprietary blobs! Running the Power ISA (like PowerPC), although it's not cheap. https://www.osnews.com/story/133093/review-blackbird-secure-desktop-a-fully-open-source-modern-power9-workstation-without-any-proprietary-code/