How a group of Berkeley researchers took over the chip industry
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Up until 2015, the chip industry was controlled by three players: Intel, ARM, and AMD. But now everybody is quickly moving elsewhere.What changed? RISC-V released an open source instruction set architecture for developing chips. And the plan worked.Here’s the story of how RISC-V has grown into an industrial ecosystem capable of challenging its historical players.
How a group of Berkeley researchers took over the chip industry
How a group of Berkeley researchers took over…
How a group of Berkeley researchers took over the chip industry
Up until 2015, the chip industry was controlled by three players: Intel, ARM, and AMD. But now everybody is quickly moving elsewhere.What changed? RISC-V released an open source instruction set architecture for developing chips. And the plan worked.Here’s the story of how RISC-V has grown into an industrial ecosystem capable of challenging its historical players.