The mistakes already made by x86 and ARM processor architectures will be made by RISC-V in the next generations, says Linux operating system creator Linus Torvalds, the American online computer technology publication Tom’s Hardware reports on July 12.
Processors based on the RISC-V architecture cannot yet compete in performance with the leaders – x86 and ARM, but they are gaining popularity. Mainly due to the open standard. In particular, RISC-V is actively used in China, as technologies and products related to ARM and x86 architectures are increasingly subject to sanctions.
Torvalds believes that there is a gap in mutual understanding between hardware designers, systems programmers, and application software developers. Application software developers do not have a good understanding of how hardware works.
“They will have the same problems that Arm had before, x86”said Torvalds. “It will take them several generations to say, ‘Oh, we didn’t think of that,’ because it’s a process. (RISC-V architecture and processors based on it – approx. IA Krasnaya Vesna) New people are participating”he added.
The Linux creator noted that the open standard will not be a panacea in the interaction between processor developers and programmers. But the path as a whole will be easier than that of his predecessors. The creators of ARM and x86 have spent decades accumulating experience. RISC-V developers can use the experience of others.
Source: Rossa Primavera
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