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RISC-V only takes 12 years to achieve the milestone of 10 billion cores, 5 years faster than ARM

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  1. [5]
    umbrae
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    I don’t really know much about this at all, but doesn’t that statistic seem pretty highly dependent on the overall proliferation of computing devices worldwide? Seems unfair to compare to...

    I don’t really know much about this at all, but doesn’t that statistic seem pretty highly dependent on the overall proliferation of computing devices worldwide? Seems unfair to compare to something that “completed” the milestone in 2008.

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      wiki_me
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      I think it helps to give a feeling to how it's progressing, don't overthink it.

      I think it helps to give a feeling to how it's progressing, don't overthink it.

      2 votes
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        Akir
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        Honestly I wish that I new more about building CPU archetechture design so I could be more involved in this. I was honestly starting to believe that open source hardware at the microchip level...

        Honestly I wish that I new more about building CPU archetechture design so I could be more involved in this. I was honestly starting to believe that open source hardware at the microchip level would never happen.

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        1. helloworld
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          I have no ambitions in the area, but I feel the same. Don't have 500+$ to blow on SiFive so I just bought ESP32-C3[0]. It has single RISC V 32-bit core and costs so little that I wouldn't mind if...

          I have no ambitions in the area, but I feel the same. Don't have 500+$ to blow on SiFive so I just bought ESP32-C3[0]. It has single RISC V 32-bit core and costs so little that I wouldn't mind if the learning went nowhere. It is fun to learn though. Might even try out Rust just for this

          0: https://wiki.dfrobot.com/SKU_DFR0868_Beetle_ESP32_C3

          2 votes
        2. wiki_me
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          it already happnened and it seems to happen in a greater magnitude (e.g. xiangshan is reportedly close to ARM smartphones cores performance level, and there are more interesting examples like...

          it already happnened and it seems to happen in a greater magnitude (e.g. xiangshan is reportedly close to ARM smartphones cores performance level, and there are more interesting examples like this).

          The moderator of reddit RISC-V community claimed it's possible for a software dev to learn CPU design, so if your really motivated or looking for a new hobby learning it might be feasible.

          1 vote