From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-ed1-f51.google.com (mail-ed1-f51.google.com [209.85.208.51]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by lists.bufferbloat.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3E01E3B29E for ; Wed, 1 Dec 2021 16:36:18 -0500 (EST) Received: by mail-ed1-f51.google.com with SMTP id y12so107482145eda.12 for ; Wed, 01 Dec 2021 13:36:18 -0800 (PST) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20210112; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=xP7nbk4Hxrb6rUFwywbdOXhq84qtUeWwvtm1hhzTKkw=; b=D7J+Rd3Q2TkjwN9WE7cPp8QdgJwnHK+S29K7vMVgu5qJB6dJX3UL49Ck/46DYRL0MP 6QVCisoqcGYj/3FoUwhFSK1so02k52viEnXawI/f8H2j0UrvIqNDLVzyQB5TjoQtVbi5 ZwXccumXl7AqVAY/je0k4bLcYyDAMiPMWD6NYPTsMLWZ+H4y6Nhsjy0QsIPFYVfo0qVR ZNoPH/PjkH4cSFtXxJmxa0wFbkUW+eShdaPDOMEr86P8BFYuMLsHbwfqBGwg4XFaWge7 WVPXkbpIvQa7Xc3lgRVMHncOC4C9FPoOPJPeLHF+6oZUYQoCnfCLrzumBqAsgTOrCOke pCbQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM533+Us7wza+Mp8wsvLBC+ihgPoqFGYRZVdLOk2W7MYsXoc0l+bPd KtkEVssbyIsqBDHNkUtWoJt6iKivMkE8ddIP7P+iECT5ro4= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJwFkPnkEOKFwT4KP5tXNjXKdnDQI/jJz06dD1nssiBDUGjjgI79HbBoJiEuzkosM6ctseYmaP+KEUgxVXbYswY= X-Received: by 2002:a17:906:3c46:: with SMTP id i6mr9596094ejg.371.1638394577139; Wed, 01 Dec 2021 13:36:17 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <1638312755.776218387@apps.rackspace.com> In-Reply-To: From: John Yates Date: Wed, 1 Dec 2021 16:36:05 -0500 Message-ID: To: Arun Ray Ramadorai Cc: Dave Taht , "David P. Reed" , cerowrt-devel Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Subject: Re: [Cerowrt-devel] risc-v options? X-BeenThere: cerowrt-devel@lists.bufferbloat.net X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: Development issues regarding the cerowrt test router project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 01 Dec 2021 21:36:18 -0000 On Wed, Dec 1, 2021 at 3:59 PM Arun Ray Ramadorai via Cerowrt-devel wrote: > > Architecturally I would say it is still about 8yrs behind ARM. > Cache performance, power management, and virtualization in > particular are not mature yet and need consistent investment > of time and dollars to get RISC-V to the same level. That > having been said I do see a lot of companies looking at it as > a way to reduce their licensing costs. I think the motivation of > the community should be to encourage corporate investment > with the expectation that the resulting development is made > available to everyone. Reminds me of SEMATECH: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SEMATECH /john