RISC-V Is Sloooow

Re:RISC-V Is Sloooow by userbinator on Tuesday March 10, 2026 @11:59PM (#47331612)

ARM was never a "speed demon"; it started out as a low power small-area core and clearly had more complexity and thought put into it than MIPS or RISC-V.

Over a decade ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8235120

RISC-V will get there, eventually.

Strong doubt. Those of us who were around in the 90s might remember how much hype there was with MIPS.

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Re:RISC-V Is Sloooow by rbanffy on Wednesday March 11, 2026 @04:41AM (#47333091)

I don’t think you remember, But the first Archimedes smoked the just-launched Compaq 386s with a dedicated 387 coprocessor.

It was not designed to be one, but it ended up being surprisingly fast.

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