The semiconductor industry has living dinosaurs that are on the path to near extinction, a transformation that would have seemed inconceivable a mere decade ago. I am talking about the demise of the humble Central Processing Unit – The CPU and everything associated with it. The CPU enabled an amazing transformation of our industry. RISC-V is an evolution that is trying to prevent extinction. It enables instructions to be added and architectures to be modified, which enables the processor to become more efficient at certain tasks.
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