• [LINK] SiFive claims fastest RISC-V core yet with Cortex-A77 like P650

    From Computer Nerd Kev@21:1/5 to All on Mon Dec 6 21:57:53 2021
    SiFive claims fastest RISC-V core yet with Cortex-A77 like P650
    by Eric Brown, Dec 3, 2021
    - https://linuxgizmos.com/sifive-claims-fastest-risc-v-core-yet-with-cortex-a77-like-p650/

    "SiFive has launched a high-end "P650" core for up to 16-core SoCs
    that features the latest RISC-V Hypervisor spec, one of 15 that
    were just ratified by RISC-V Int'l. Meanwhile, Andes speeds up its
    Linux-friendly AndesCore 45MP and NX27V cores.

    In the run up to next week's RISC-V Summit in San Francisco,
    several RISC-V organizations have some news to share. SiFive has
    unveiled a previously teased SiFive Performance P650 CPU core that
    it claims outperforms Cortex-A77, the Arm architecture used on the
    Snapdragon 865. The Linux-focused P650 supports the Hypervisor
    extension, one of 15 new RISC-V specs announced this week by RISC-V
    International, the Switzerland-based organization that oversees
    RISC-V. Other Linux-related RISC-V news includes a performance
    improvement for Andes' AndesCore 45MP and NX27V cores (see farther
    below).

    This week, RISC-V International announced that its membership has
    grown by 130 percent in 2021. Also this week Deloitte Global
    released a report (via TechRepublic) that projects that sales of
    RISC-V processing cores will double in 2022 and double again in
    2023 when it will comprise a $800 million market. The number is
    expected to approach $1 billion in 2024.

    The report suggests that while the RISC-V market will continue to
    boom, driven in part by China's interest in silicon independence
    and the lure of lower costs for smaller chip designers. Yet, major
    chipmakers and hardware manufacturers are not likely to switch
    their core investments from Arm and Intel any time soon, says
    Deloitte." ...

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  • From Spiros Bousbouras@21:1/5 to Computer Nerd Kev on Tue Dec 7 07:21:22 2021
    On Mon, 6 Dec 2021 21:57:53 -0000 (UTC)
    not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) wrote:
    SiFive claims fastest RISC-V core yet with Cortex-A77 like P650
    by Eric Brown, Dec 3, 2021
    - https://linuxgizmos.com/sifive-claims-fastest-risc-v-core-yet-with-cortex-a77-like-p650/

    "SiFive has launched a high-end "P650" core for up to 16-core SoCs
    that features the latest RISC-V Hypervisor spec, one of 15 that
    were just ratified by RISC-V Int'l. Meanwhile, Andes speeds up its
    Linux-friendly AndesCore 45MP and NX27V cores.

    In the run up to next week's RISC-V Summit in San Francisco,
    several RISC-V organizations have some news to share. SiFive has
    unveiled a previously teased SiFive Performance P650 CPU core that
    it claims outperforms Cortex-A77, the Arm architecture used on the
    Snapdragon 865. The Linux-focused P650 supports the Hypervisor
    extension, one of 15 new RISC-V specs announced this week by RISC-V
    International, the Switzerland-based organization that oversees
    RISC-V. Other Linux-related RISC-V news includes a performance
    improvement for Andes' AndesCore 45MP and NX27V cores (see farther
    below).

    [...]

    The report suggests that while the RISC-V market will continue to
    boom, driven in part by China's interest in silicon independence

    [...]

    I'm looking for Intel/AMD independence myself so it would be great if some desktop computer came out using any of these exciting processors.

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