Sunshine (she/her)@lemmy.ca to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoAlibaba doubles down on RISC-V architecture with a new secretive 'server-grade' chip that will put AMD and Intel on alertwww.techradar.comexternal-linkmessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up197arrow-down12
arrow-up195arrow-down1external-linkAlibaba doubles down on RISC-V architecture with a new secretive 'server-grade' chip that will put AMD and Intel on alertwww.techradar.comSunshine (she/her)@lemmy.ca to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square21fedilink
minus-squareTreczoks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17arrow-down1·23 hours agoI’ll wait and see when someone finally produces a RISC-V chip that can keep up with the big boys. But they can’t even compete with ARM at the moment, so I am not holding my breath.
minus-squareNot a replicant@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 hours agoWhat, not even an IBM POWER 10 ?
minus-squareTreczoks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 hour agoThe Power 10 is not RISC-V. It is a RISC processor, namely of the Power ISA architecture, based on the good old PowerPC 601. I have not dealt with those chips for about 30 years, though.
I’ll wait and see when someone finally produces a RISC-V chip that can keep up with the big boys. But they can’t even compete with ARM at the moment, so I am not holding my breath.
What, not even an IBM POWER 10 ?
The Power 10 is not RISC-V. It is a RISC processor, namely of the Power ISA architecture, based on the good old PowerPC 601.
I have not dealt with those chips for about 30 years, though.