Red Hat Joins the RISC-V Foundation
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Red Hat Joins the RISC-V Foundation
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Re: Red Hat Joins the RISC-V Foundation
#2By the transitive property, does this mean that IBM joins as well? And if yes, does this have any implications on them? I don't know if IBM still designs their own chips.
Re: Red Hat Joins the RISC-V Foundation
#3By the transitive property, does this mean that IBM joins as well? And if yes, does this have any implications on them? I don't know if IBM still designs their own chips.
IBM still designs both their Power (think Linux/big server) and Z (mainframe) chips.
Re: Red Hat Joins the RISC-V Foundation
#4By the transitive property, does this mean that IBM joins as well? And if yes, does this have any implications on them? I don't know if IBM still designs their own chips.
IBM has been a member of the RISC-V Foundation for a few years. (https://riscv.org/membership/1456/ibm/)
Re: Red Hat Joins the RISC-V Foundation
#5By the transitive property, does this mean that IBM joins as well? And if yes, does this have any implications on them? I don't know if IBM still designs their own chips.
IBM still designs both their Power (think Linux/big server) and Z (mainframe) chips. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_POWER_microprocessors https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z/Architecture
A RISC-V mainframe would be an interesting and funny outcome.
Re: Red Hat Joins the RISC-V Foundation
#6Earlier quoted context omitted.
IBM still designs both their Power (think Linux/big server) and Z (mainframe) chips. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_POWER_microprocessors https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z/Architecture
A RISC-V mainframe would be an interesting and funny outcome.
Only after RISC-V has gone through the same evolution as x86 and ARM and renamed itself CISC-V. :)
Re: Red Hat Joins the RISC-V Foundation
#7By the transitive property, does this mean that IBM joins as well? And if yes, does this have any implications on them? I don't know if IBM still designs their own chips.
IBM has been a member of the RISC-V Foundation for a few years. ( https://riscv.org/membership/1456/ibm/ )
What's the rationale for double-paying?
Re: Red Hat Joins the RISC-V Foundation
#8Earlier quoted context omitted.
IBM has been a member of the RISC-V Foundation for a few years. ( https://riscv.org/membership/1456/ibm/ )
What's the rationale for double-paying?
Silver membership is $5000/year so it's like one developer's salary in a month in total (to set that in context, this is a company with a third of a million employees). This was set in motion long before the acquisition was even announced let alone completed.
Re: Red Hat Joins the RISC-V Foundation
#9By the transitive property, does this mean that IBM joins as well? And if yes, does this have any implications on them? I don't know if IBM still designs their own chips.
Maybe IBM acquired Red Hat in order to join RISC-V by proxy.