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Where will RISC-V be in 20 Years? Poll Results
All the way back in August 2023, in the midst of a series of posts on the RISC-V architecture, I ran a reader poll on the future of the architecture, with the following introduction:
As we’re in the middle of a short RISC-V series, I tho...
RISC-V : What Really Matters
Readers may have seen the recent blog post from Dmitri Grinberg RISC-V: They Should Have Known Better which sets out, at some length, his criticisms of the RISC-V architecture. Here’s a sample:
Now, about those compressed instructions. L...
Apple and AI : Siri the Early Years
One of the reasons for studying technology history is to look for recurring patterns: characteristics of either the technology itself or of firms that are built around it that are repeated time and time again.
These can be particularly use...
The Secret Life of Computers
A defining moment in the Keynote that launched the original iPhone was when Steve Jobs revealed that it would combine an iPod, a phone and an ‘internet communications device’.
I don’t think even Steve Jobs, though, envisaged the range of t...
Floating Point: The Origin Story
Floating point arithmetic is a crucial part of modern computing. A large proportion of the silicon currently being installed consists of ‘floating point units’ and floating point standards continue to emerge to meet the needs of modern mach...
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