• ShiningWing@lemmygrad.ml
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    1 year ago

    An example of things working as they should could be found in microprocessors. ARM design almost all of the processors in our phones

    This is especially hilarious because the whole reason RISC-V has been developing rapidly is because the ARM monopoly isn’t an example of things working as they should, and companies want an alternative

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      1 year ago

      ARM expanded upon the RISC-IV instruction set because it hadn’t been updated since 1988. RISC-V was introduced in 2015, however if ARM hadn’t been successful in the years preceeding that there’s every chance RISC would still be lying dormant.

      You’re right that open source ISA’s are generally better, and hopefully ARM will switch to RISC-V, but that really is a separate matter to ARM’s viability under different societal systems.