In the article they say it would have a long lifespan, but being a 32bit chip wouldn't the 2038 problem affect it?
No. You can have a 64-bit time_t even with a 32-bit word size.
Russian Company Develops 32-Bit RISC-V Microcontroller
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#13> The country also has 300-mm equipment purchased from AMD's fab near Dresden in the early 2000s. That’s quite an impressive process size.
I think most of the "feature sizes" that Charles Babbage worked with were smaller than that. 300mm is actually a standard wafer size. I think that's what most modern fabs use now; there was some push to move to 450, but I think the major players have all determined it to be more trouble than it's worth for now. I don't keep up-to-date on these sorts of things though so maybe 450mm wafers are used for some significant…
650 tonnes of difference engine ought to be enough for anyone.
Re: Russian Company Develops 32-Bit RISC-V Microcontroller
#14> The country also has 300-mm equipment purchased from AMD's fab near Dresden in the early 2000s. That’s quite an impressive process size.
Micron (the makers of those chips) has a 90nm process fab since 2011.
The article mentions Mikron.
Micron seems to be the US company that we might be familiar with.
I guess they're different companies
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#15In the article they say it would have a long lifespan, but being a 32bit chip wouldn't the 2038 problem affect it?
A 4 bit CPU could model time between year 0 and 10,000 if so wished. It depends on the number of bytes you use. The width is irrelevant.
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#16RISC-V is about to take off! https://github.com/drom/awesome-riscv
I hope so. It certainly feels like the time is right.