alt Hacker NewsMy experience with RISC-V so far is that the chips are not much faster than QEMU emulation. In other words, it's very slow.
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OsrsNeedsf2P • today at 6:15 PM
Oftentimes slow is fine, when the work is parallel and the hardware is cheap
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That has been the case so far but is changing this year.
The SpacemiT K3 is faster than QEMU. Much faster chips are expected to release over the next few months.
I mean things like the Milk-V Pioneer were already faster but expensive.
One thing that has been frustrating about RISC-V is that many companies close to releasing decent chips have been bought and then those chips never appear (Ventana, Rivos, etc). That and US sanctions (eg. Sophgo SG2380).