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0 pointsKlasiaster2y ago0 comments

Maybe it's like with software, once you add bloat/baggage over the course of the years it's hard to get rid off when trying to optimize again.

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snvzz2y ago

It is a good thing that at least the ISA managed to catch up with every important ARM or x86 feature yet avoid that baggage creep.

Microarchitectures might need a full redesign once in a while, but if it can keep its RISC-V software moat, that's alright. Worked for x86 so far.

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0 pointsKlasiaster2y ago0 comments

Maybe it's like with software, once you add bloat/baggage over the course of the years it's hard to get rid off when trying to optimize again.

snvzz2y ago

It is a good thing that at least the ISA managed to catch up with every important ARM or x86 feature yet avoid that baggage creep.

Microarchitectures might need a full redesign once in a while, but if it can keep its RISC-V software moat, that's alright. Worked for x86 so far.

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