Qualcomm starts a RISC-V joint venture
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Qualcomm starts a RISC-V joint venture
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#2Qualcomm, Nordic, NXP, Infineon, Bosch. Wonder what the value add for smaller companies is. Nordic is incorporating RISC-V cores into their new part but they have never done automotive certs before.
also Qualcomm and Nordic partnering is like cats and dogs living together lol
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#3Not a word about uefi or any other kind of standardized booting. Not surprising given the use case list but still disappointing.
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#4Not a word about uefi or any other kind of standardized booting. Not surprising given the use case list but still disappointing.
No idea why they would talk about that in such a blog post, but as I understand it, the booting process will be standardized by the platform specification [0].
[0] https://github.com/riscv/riscv-platform-specs/blob/main/risc...
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#5> At first, the group will be focused on automotive uses
Slightly ironic given how geohot has been ranting on stream non-stop for the last few days about how terrible it is to work with them for his comma.ai self-driving startup
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#6> At first, the group will be focused on automotive uses Slightly ironic given how geohot has been ranting on stream non-stop for the last few days about how terrible it is to work with them for his comma.ai self-driving startup
not really. just because Qualcomm is pursuing RISC-V doesn't mean their customer service isn't absolute dogshit, which is what geohot was talking about.
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#7Qualcomm, Nordic, NXP, Infineon, Bosch. Wonder what the value add for smaller companies is. Nordic is incorporating RISC-V cores into their new part but they have never done automotive certs before. also Qualcomm and Nordic partnering is like cats and dogs living together lol
x86 is locked down by Intel and AMD, and ARM demands tribute-- I mean license fees for ARM. That leaves only RISC-V for those who want to make their own processors without paying someone for the privilege. That's the value add.
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#8I hope they don't create any license themselves and open source everything too
Re: Qualcomm starts a RISC-V joint venture
#9Not a word about uefi or any other kind of standardized booting. Not surprising given the use case list but still disappointing.
UEFI is a bad choice for embedded. It has too much of the PC quirks, which is mostly irrelevant on ARM or RISC-V. They should have tried to create something new, without x86 cruft.
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#10> At first, the group will be focused on automotive uses Slightly ironic given how geohot has been ranting on stream non-stop for the last few days about how terrible it is to work with them for his comma.ai self-driving startup
I bet that is just a matter of multinationals not wanting to bother with tiny startups. Unless you are ordering hundreds of thousands of chips, they are not even going to respond to your emails.
You just aren't worth their time, so they except you to stick to public documentation, buy their dev kit, and figure out out on your own. Want to use a part without public documentation? Tough luck!