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So, how long before some Chinese company drops a RISC-V chip that makes Apple look like donkeys? (hexbear.net)

submitted 3 days ago by Andrzej3K@hexbear.net to c/askchapo@hexbear.net

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I feel like it's definitely going to happen at some point, but wrt timeframe neither tomorrow nor ten year's time would surprise me. What do we reckon?

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[–] neo@hexbear.net 14 points 3 days ago

My money is before trump’s term is up. They won’t even need to be the fastest devices to start appearing in consumer hardware. And they have now all the incentives the USA could have possibly given them to invest and pursue this technology while also ensuring their top research scientists don’t get lured into the USA to conduct research here.

That said, it’s still a significant game of catch-up. ARM has had an incredible lead time in both design and hardware production as well as the crucial software support and ironing out bugs.