Open Processors is a very bad idea. Look at what's happening to Android. The same thing will happen with CPU's. Every OEM will fork the open design and put all of their stupidity inside it in the name of features and security. Bugs like Spectre and Meltdown will become commonplace.
The entire time of kernel devs will be spent working around the various 'features' of the OEM designs. Then someone will come up with a JVM and docker for the CPU and lead to another round of madness.
There is no harm in having alternate architectures. But putting everything up on GitHub is a recipe for disaster.
The entire time of kernel devs will be spent working around the various 'features' of the OEM designs. Then someone will come up with a JVM and docker for the CPU and lead to another round of madness.
There is no harm in having alternate architectures. But putting everything up on GitHub is a recipe for disaster.