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Even Court Judges Are Now Declaring That RISC-V Is Basically Worthless Right Now And That Arm And Intel’s x86 Are The Only Game In Town

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Even Court Judges Are Now Declaring That RISC-V Is Basically Worthless Right Now And That Arm And Intel’s x86 Are The Only Game In Town

RISC-V, the free and open-source Instruction Set Architecture (ISA) based on Reduced Instruction Set Computing (RISC) principles, appears to be a perennial mirage for the wider CPU world - brimming with relentless hype and potential, and yet never delivering on those expectations - as even a Delaware court judge has now concluded in the ongoing legal wrangling between Qualcomm and Arm. According to the presiding judge in the ongoing Qualcomm v Arm legal case, no one can use RISC-V today, and Arm and Intel are the only practical choices right now when it comes to the CPU architecture Before delving […]

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