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__dyesterday at 11:19 PM2 repliesview on HN

So … use RISC-V as the strawman, and create a community-based RISC-6 that doesn’t have these weaknesses? Better to get in now before it becomes too solidly entrenched.


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inigyouyesterday at 11:44 PM

You can't make a community-based ISA, it's not possible unless you have a community-based fab. He who makes the chips makes the rules.

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IshKebabyesterday at 11:50 PM

Likely impossible unless you somehow come up with something vastly better (unlikely).

None of these things are remotely bad enough to make the downsides of using another ISA palatable.

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