Re: Where’s the ARM A7x competitive RISCV chip?
When comparing ARM with RISC-V its a good idea not to look at today,s RISC-V but at the MIPS range of processors. These processors are quite powerful, unlike the ARM they never really started out life as 'low performance, long battery life, low chip area' devices, they've always been built for speed. This is what we can expect for the not too distant future and as its been adopted by numerous Chinese semiconductor companies you can expect "100 man years" to be a mere drop in the investment ocean.
The point I'm making is that there's nothing inherently stopping the RISC-V from being a highly competitive product. Mayve not next week but you can bet on it. You also have to ask yourself what a lot of today's computing power is being used for. ARMs are widely used in phones and as we all know much of the software running on the phone isn't actually doing anything useful, its chasing its tail trying ever more inventive ways to keep tabs on the phone's owner. We are going into some very interesting times.
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