RISC-V: Did Apple Make the Wrong Choice?

Apple’s M1 chip is based on ARM. But what if the open source RISC-V instruction-set proves superior to ARM?

Erik Engheim

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A board with a RISC-V based microprocessor: SiFive RISC-V HiFive

RISC-V is a competing microprocessor design. Or to be more precise it is a competing instruction set architecture (ISA). Some speculate that Apple may have made the wrong choice and that RISC-V is the future. Again to…

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Erik Engheim

Geek dad, living in Oslo, Norway with passion for UX, Julia programming, science, teaching, reading and writing.