Comment by ninth_ant
6 hours ago
This underestimates the will of governments and companies Europe and especially China to reduce their dependency on US-controlled technology.
6 hours ago
This underestimates the will of governments and companies Europe and especially China to reduce their dependency on US-controlled technology.
ARM isn't US controlled, is it? British and also now Japanese since it's owned by SoftBank.
Meanwhile, wouldn't China be more heavily invested in Longsoon?
ARM is British (America’s closest ally) and proprietary. If you’re swapping, just eliminate the risk and cost entirely.
LoongArch is 32-bit instructions only. This means no MCUs due to poor code density. That forces them into RISCV anyway at which point, you might as well pour all your money and dev time into one ISA instead of two. RISCV has way more worldwide investment meaning LoongArch looks like a losing horse in the long term when it comes to software.
Quite the contrary, the fragmented ecosystem is holding RISC-V back.
There are currently 3 variants of LoongArch ISA. The reduced 32-bit version targets MCUs. And LoongArch64 ATX/MATX motherboards with UEFI support is readily available. This makes it far more easier to develop with LoongArch.
I hope our complacent companies get a shot of competition.