https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/21/03/08/2117238/mips-technologies-joins-risc-v-moves-to-open-source-isa-standard
To me my biggest kvetch about the risc-v effort was the lack of additional on-chip IP support, which, lacking compatible busses and so on, was going to limit multiple generations of chips to just what could be developed afresh. Even "simple" IP blocks like usb support take time. While I really like "chisel" as a design language, it is far behind what arm and intel use. But: With the mips licensees scrambling to reuse their IP, somehow, and move to risc-v, I think this architecture has an ever increasing chance of success. It's been a really good couple of months for open source this or that. I keep hoping someone will seriously fund https://github.com/open-sdr/openwifi as well, for, in order to handle the complexities of 802.11n and beyond, a co-processor with some serious oomph, and a well designed piece of open firmware, is needed. -- "For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Mother Nature cannot be fooled" - Richard Feynman d...@taht.net <Dave Täht> CTO, TekLibre, LLC Tel: 1-831-435-0729 _______________________________________________ Cerowrt-devel mailing list Cerowrt-devel@lists.bufferbloat.net https://lists.bufferbloat.net/listinfo/cerowrt-devel
