Comment by fidotron
1 year ago
So the ratification of a spec that will enable high performance implementation would be another 4.54 billion years after 2019?
It's actually worse than that, because until it's done there's no guarantee it will ever get there.
Everything needed for high performance was ratified in 2021, just two years after the base spec.
That's RVA22 and Vector 1.0.
Low-end hardware implementing the spec already exists (Milk-V Jupiter). High end implementations (e.g. Ventana Veyron V2, designed for servers) will be deployed in 2025.
> Everything needed for high performance was ratified in 2021
Assuming you are right, getting on for four years after even this we would have a high performance implementation of it to look at which proves that it really is everything needed . . .
Except we don't.
Until we do all you have is a dream.
High performance IP was announced, by multiple vendors, as available for licensing, not long (days, weeks) after these ratifications.
Typically (and quite consistently) there are 3 years from that point to products you can buy cheaply sitting on shelves.
Thus, expect some fun in 2025.
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