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New Emulator Lets Some x86-64 Games Run on RISC-V Dev Board
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this post was submitted on 20 Aug 2023
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As someone out of the loop on modern RISC, what is the benefit of RISC versus x86/64?
The specific benefit of RISC-V vs other architectures is that it is open source, so can be used without having to pay a fee to the company that owns it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RISC-V
Ah, open source - that's an advantage for sure, thank you.