Re:Can MIPS Leapfrog RISC-V?
by nickik on Friday March 22, 2019 @05:20AM
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I don't think it will. This is clearly a totally reactionary move of a company that has been absolutely trounced in the commercial market by ARM and saw the writing on the wall that once RISC-V established itself the few gaps they lived in would be eventually replaced.
This, 'throw it over the wall' style open sourcing has worked before, Docker being an example.
The problem is their current 'open' strategy is probably not open and dynamic enough to compete with RISC-V. And the consumers that don't care still don't have much reason to use it over ARM.
Maybe they can find a gap but I don't think they have a long term growth curve.
This, 'throw it over the wall' style open sourcing has worked before, Docker being an example.
The problem is their current 'open' strategy is probably not open and dynamic enough to compete with RISC-V. And the consumers that don't care still don't have much reason to use it over ARM.
Maybe they can find a gap but I don't think they have a long term growth curve.