Years ago.. back in the stone age... we had other computer CPU companies. It wasn't just AMD and Intel.
I've owned computer with Cyrix, Texas Instruments and VIA cpu's in them over the years.
Early Macs had Motorola 680x0 CPUs in them. Mac's also used the IBM PowerPC Risc CPUs for a while.
I've always liked RISC (Reduced Instruction set) cpu's. The IBM PowerPC RISC cpu currently holds the world
record for most intensive compute models.
30 years later... RISC returns? It remains to be seen... how RISC it really is.
I owned a Raspberry Pi for a few years, I recently sold it. Today I bought a VisionFive RISC-V system.
I haven't received it yet, so I can't say a lot about it. It does come with Fedora, so that's a plus.
So then... with all the cpu companies that have already failed... why do we need another one?
Because this one has an open source ISA (instruction set architecture) as opposed to the closed
ISA's that Intel and AMD use.
As much as I hope for more CPU competition, I do wish more of it was domestic. ( US based ).
It will be interesting to see how all this plays out.
I've owned computer with Cyrix, Texas Instruments and VIA cpu's in them over the years.
Early Macs had Motorola 680x0 CPUs in them. Mac's also used the IBM PowerPC Risc CPUs for a while.
I've always liked RISC (Reduced Instruction set) cpu's. The IBM PowerPC RISC cpu currently holds the world
record for most intensive compute models.
30 years later... RISC returns? It remains to be seen... how RISC it really is.
I owned a Raspberry Pi for a few years, I recently sold it. Today I bought a VisionFive RISC-V system.
I haven't received it yet, so I can't say a lot about it. It does come with Fedora, so that's a plus.
So then... with all the cpu companies that have already failed... why do we need another one?
Because this one has an open source ISA (instruction set architecture) as opposed to the closed
ISA's that Intel and AMD use.
As much as I hope for more CPU competition, I do wish more of it was domestic. ( US based ).
It will be interesting to see how all this plays out.