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[โ€“] mariusafa@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Why Occident doesn't do the same ?? RISC-V is a libre hardware movement created and moved by many Occident Universities and yet we have few RISC-V in the market.

Are we too much stagnated with corporation products or what?

[โ€“] JayDee@lemmy.ml 2 points 7 months ago

There is often a very limited market for underperforming hardware, which is how RISC-V chips will be starting out. There is a large amount of accumulated knowledge about, and workflow to accommodate, already established ISAs.

Due to most companies being publicly traded, taking risks is much less common, since a drop in profits could see a massive portion of the company's funds get pulled, or more likely the CEO being yanked by the board. So they play it safe and choose already established architectures.

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