Is RISC-V any more efficient than arm?

pier25 · on June 13, 2023

Probably similar but the advantage of RISC-V is that it's open source.

AFAIK x86 is still dominating the data centers. There's a bit of ARM going on but wouldn't it make more sense to switch straight to RISC-V?

blueblob · on June 13, 2023

Yeah, an open source architecture sounds like it could be a game changer for the SBC market

otabdeveloper4 · on June 14, 2023

No, because aarch64 linux distros only became a viable thing just recently.

Who knows how many decades it will take for e.g. Debian to support RISC-V properly.

blueblob · on June 16, 2023

I didn't downvote you; I think you make a reasonable, albeit exaggerated, point. I think it's also important to look through the lens that a lot of things linux supports are reverse engineered and that's why they take a long time to implement. This is de facto different with everything being open so I expect support will come faster. There's also the fact that this aligns better with the ideologies of a lot of free software enthusiasts so they may be more likely to work on it.