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forgotpwd16 on June 22, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: SiFive P550 Core: High-Performance RISC-V Processo...

RISC-V is license and royalty-free. This provides more freedom to manufacturers to experiment and optimize for specific workloads something helped by RISC-V's modular design. Also its simpler design makes it attractive to hobbyists as well.

NewJazz on June 22, 2021 [–]

But in this case (SiFive) the core IP is proprietary.

So what makes this better than an ARM A78 or X1?

marcan_42 on June 23, 2021 | [–]

It's cheaper. That's pretty much it.

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