Submitted via IRC for TheMightyBuzzard
Slowly but surely, RISC-V, the Open Source architecture for everything from microcontrollers to server CPUs is making inroads in the community. Now SiFive, the major company behind putting RISC-V c...
That's damned nifty but at a grand for a 1.5GHz system, I don't see them selling that many to consumers.
Source: https://hackaday.com/2018/02/03/sifive-introduces-risc-v-linux-capable-multicore-processor/
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 05 2018, @08:17AM
Let's say I have enough money to pay for such chips... and I would have a need for a significant amount of them... why would I pay for these chips and not roll my own (based on other open Risc-V designs)? I guess with increasing volumes you get (1) cheaper design development costs and (2) lower producing costs and (3) an open design.