Indeed, most Risc-V SoC designs are anyway plagued by proprietary extension. I think people really mistake Risc-V for what it is given all the hype around the “open” design. It is open as in software thats licensed non-copyleft, meaning that vendors can freely take it to build their SoC but for end-users that means very little.
Thank you, I appreciate this sentiment. I think every article talking about RISC-V should state clear that it’s not truly open – same way article about CPUs must include a disclaimer that Xnanometer fab process is a lie marketing term.
However, at the end of the day, when my 15 y.old phone dies from the old age, I would like to replace it with more open hardware i.e. vote with my own wallet for openness. I can’t wait RISC-VI that will open up more of its design – when it does, i’m gonna buy a second phone, rpi or anything that can sell me
Currently RISC-V is our champion. For now gotta stick with it and to make it more mainstream before raising the bar of openness.
Indeed, most Risc-V SoC designs are anyway plagued by proprietary extension. I think people really mistake Risc-V for what it is given all the hype around the “open” design. It is open as in software thats licensed non-copyleft, meaning that vendors can freely take it to build their SoC but for end-users that means very little.
Thank you, I appreciate this sentiment. I think every article talking about RISC-V should state clear that it’s not truly open – same way article about CPUs must include a disclaimer that Xnanometer fab process is a
liemarketing term.However, at the end of the day, when my 15 y.old phone dies from the old age, I would like to replace it with more open hardware i.e. vote with my own wallet for openness. I can’t wait RISC-VI that will open up more of its design – when it does, i’m gonna buy a second phone, rpi or anything that can sell me
Currently RISC-V is our champion. For now gotta stick with it and to make it more mainstream before raising the bar of openness.
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Is that because none of us have desktop chip foundries or some other reason?
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