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Re:Arm kills off its anti-RISC-V site after own staff revolt by writepub on Wednesday July 11, 2018 @02:00AM (#17504749)
I think you're more enamored by the idea of open source hardware than to actually benefit from it directly. And working in semiconductors long enough, I can guarantee that an open ISA without licensing restrictions does not for a fully open source chip, or even core make
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Re:Arm kills off its anti-RISC-V site after own staff revolt by close04 on Wednesday July 11, 2018 @04:53AM (#17505435)
Wanted to say just about the same thing. RISC-V presents a lot of possibilities. Whether they turn into reality is a whole different matter.

Same goes for the following statement:

"Proprietary products can be severely insecure, and because they can’t benefit from years of scrutiny from open source developers and industry experts"

Just because you can benefit from something doesn't mean you will. Heartbleed taught me this lesson again to make sure. So while I'm excited about the new possibilities, I'm managing my expectations at the moment.

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