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I hope that leading European industrial computer manufacturers notice the initiative and join -- or at least start evaluating the possibility to use RVA23 SoCs in their devices. Yes, currently only Chinese vendors can provide such chips, but the world is changing fast.
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guidoiaquinti • today at 1:45 PM
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Why the emphasis on RVA23? Since when are vector instructions a minimal necessity? Plain RV64GC is mooore than powerful enough for industrial/machine controllers & the like - assuming a standard sw/hw platform.
What's missing here is the "made in Europe" bit. Currently (very few exceptions), RISC-V SoCs are designed by Chinese companies, maybe fabricated in Taiwan, and boards they go on manufactured in China.
Imho that is what Europe needs to address. With EU-made boards available, the software side is the easy part.
There is some European CPU initiative. Sounds great but where are the boards?