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Re:Building a More Secure World with the RISC-V ISA by snvzz on Sunday January 07, 2018 @09:41AM (#16090980)
>Larger code size is not for free either.

What larger code size?

RISC-V is no worse than x86-64.

Refer to: https://riscv.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Tue1130celio-fu...

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Re:Building a More Secure World with the RISC-V ISA by vardump on Sunday January 07, 2018 @10:16AM (#16091096)
That's a nice property for sure. Typically RISC ISAs have had larger code size.

Being a new ISA, RISC-V does have an advantage of being able to learn from past mistakes.

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Re:Building a More Secure World with the RISC-V ISA by snvzz on Sunday January 07, 2018 @10:20AM (#16091108)
Simple vs Complex, but same code size. An easy win for simple.

It's very nice, indeed. Unlike the established RISC ISAs, this one's created with decades of RISC (and CISC) experience to draw from.

I'd of course still have my doubts whether this is going to draw any traction, if it wasn't for the list of RISC-V Foundation members.

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