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A comment on ESP32-C6, a Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth 5 (LE) SoC.

Re:ESP32-C6, a Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth 5 (LE) SoC by mahrain on Saturday April 10, 2021 @06:01AM (#26760331)
I wonder what Risc-V would bring them, other than some de-risking vs potential trade blockages for ARM as Huawei experienced. Would not having to pay royalties to ARM give this chip a cost advantage? By how much?
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Re:ESP32-C6, a Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth 5 (LE) SoC by stickac on Saturday April 10, 2021 @06:22AM (#26760410)
They were not using ARM, but Tensilica chips with Xtensa instruction set - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tensilica#Xtensa_instruction_s...
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Re:ESP32-C6, a Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth 5 (LE) SoC by weitzj on Saturday April 10, 2021 @06:38AM (#26760469)
The -C3, -C6 line is RISC V
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Re:ESP32-C6, a Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth 5 (LE) SoC by lights0123 on Saturday April 10, 2021 @09:53AM (#26761491)
> were
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