The algorithm specific instructions are all optional. You can have AES without SM4 or vice versa. RISC-V is great like that, it's designed to be modular.
> instead of requiring the rest of the world to waste transistors for something that's useless.
I'm sure Chinese manufacturers might feel the same about NIST standards.
> instead of requiring the rest of the world to waste transistors for something that's useless.
I'm sure Chinese manufacturers might feel the same about NIST standards.