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Comment by phendrenad2

2 days ago

Things are generally defined by the neccessities that led to their creation. x86 was designed for home PCs and has been forced to evolve with PC technology. ARM was designed to take advantage of RISC architecture, and were forced to evolve with the mobile industry. What was RISC-V invented for, and what external forces have acted on it since then?

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