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Re:Happy New Year HN! by ksec on Wednesday January 01, 2020 @05:34PM (#21931205)
>3. Open hardware, especially RISC-V, becoming the dominant approach for new hardware development.

Why is everyone so hyped up on RSIC-V and not something like POWER? When both are now fully open sourced.

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Re:Happy New Year HN! by allset_ on Wednesday January 01, 2020 @06:27PM (#21931531)
AFAIK, the POWER architecture consumes a lot of energy so it's not suited for mobile and/or embedded gadgets so it's not as appealing to the masses.
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Re:Happy New Year HN! by ksec on Wednesday January 01, 2020 @10:37PM (#21932821)
https://github.com/antonblanchard/microwatt

Although I guess it is less relevant now Western Digital has open sourced their RISC-V design as well.

https://github.com/westerndigitalcorporation/swerv_eh1

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