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[-] al177@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 11 months ago

Nah. The current license holder for MIPS announced its death a couple of years ago.

RISC-V is the new hotness.

[-] tastysnacks@programming.dev 1 points 11 months ago

Wait I thought MIPS and RISC-V was the same ISA?

[-] al177@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 11 months ago

Similar, but not the same. The biggest difference of course is that the MIPS ISA is still commercially licensed while RISC-V's ISA is open.

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