That's why I've never understood the point of RISC-V. Anyone can design a (reasonably OK) ISA. It's everything else that's the hard part. It's like announcing a new house, it's going to be pained Benjamin Moore Yellow Oxide and everything else is someone else's problem to sort out. Success! We've got a new house!
The only argument I've ever seen for RISC-V that's vaguely logical is that there's no licensing to Arm involved, but since I can get M0/M3 devices for a dollar or so with infinite tool and library support that's something that's totally irrelevant for most users. And if I don't mind going with Chinese suppliers there's no licensing to Arm being paid anyway.
Apart from being able to thumb your nose at Arm, I just can't see what the point of RISC-V is. Is that really all there is going for it?
The only argument I've ever seen for RISC-V that's vaguely logical is that there's no licensing to Arm involved, but since I can get M0/M3 devices for a dollar or so with infinite tool and library support that's something that's totally irrelevant for most users. And if I don't mind going with Chinese suppliers there's no licensing to Arm being paid anyway.
Apart from being able to thumb your nose at Arm, I just can't see what the point of RISC-V is. Is that really all there is going for it?