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Comment by PunchyHamster

6 hours ago

ISA being open matters very little if chip design isn't and RISC-V isn't going to change much here

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dvdkon  1 hour ago

It matters in that it opens up competition and allows fully-open designs, which should keep prices low and products available, but you're right that having fully-open state-of-the-art chips is unlikely to happen any time soon.

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