Vlad Gheorghiu’s Reviews > The RISC-V Reader: An Open Architecture Atlas > Status Update
Vlad Gheorghiu
is 18% done
Kinda biased in comparing RISC-V with ARM and x86. RISC-V is backed by a non-profit organization (also the writers of the book). The silicon dies of RISC-V processors are smaller than other ISAs.
— Sep 15, 2024 07:55AM
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Vlad Gheorghiu
is 16% done
RISC-V is a modular ISA (it has a base set of instructions where other extensions can be added based on providing the best cost-performance for the system is used in). An incremental ISA (like x86), has backwards binary compatibility and every addition has to bring older (and maybe outdated) instructions alongside new ones (this is why x86 has ~1500 instructions now). Also plus points for the short book (192 pages).
— Sep 15, 2024 12:11AM
