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mcdowyesterday at 7:48 PM8 repliesview on HN

I’m looking forward to using a RISC-V computer in 20 years


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aapplebyyesterday at 9:24 PM

You're probably already using a RISC-V computer, it's just embedded as a supervisor in some other gadget (or vehicle) you own.

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3abitonyesterday at 8:25 PM

While its current performance is not competitive, there are currently interesting options. I got the orange pi riscv version, mainly to test riscv while it's slow compared to other arm socs, it's still better than I expected. There are even risc v TPUs now.

ninth_antyesterday at 8:45 PM

This underestimates the will of governments and companies Europe and especially China to reduce their dependency on US-controlled technology.

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bityardyesterday at 9:46 PM

I already have one! (But it's technically a soldering iron...)

IshKebabyesterday at 9:39 PM

I think 10 years is a more realistic estimate. Probably first in servers and Android phones.

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znpyyesterday at 8:01 PM

unironically, this.

i've been hearing about arm computer for almost twenty years and only just recently general-purpose decently-priced arm laptops have been released (qualcomm laptops, the macbook neo).

and arm desktop are still not a thing, in practice.

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wg0yesterday at 9:40 PM

Donald Trump might make it five.