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New comment by climate_denier_ in "RISC-V: They Should Have Known Better"

climate_denier_ — Sat, 15 Aug 2026 23:42:02 +0000

Near the end of the essay, the author mentions that the folks at Berkeley considered OpenRISC.

Would that have been a better path do go down, to throw a bunch of work, money, and R&D after, or is there anything inherently bad about that design besides delay slots?

I kinda feel that even the smartest people will build great things on crumbling foundations as long as those foundations are available. I'm thinking of NASA embracing RISC-V or anyone who decided to write secure-by-design software in C.

*edit - rephrased question for clarity

Ask HN: Why is Open POWER Foundation a wasteland?

climate_denier_ — Sat, 08 Aug 2026 22:49:40 +0000

Why is the Open POWER Foundation website a desolate post-apocalyptic wasteland compared to riscv.org?

Just ten years ago PowerPC was getting so much love (at least, a little love). What has possessed people who relied on that ecosystem to dump it so wholeheartedly?

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49226638

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New comment by climate_denier_ in "The Art of 64-bit Assembly"

climate_denier_ — Sat, 01 Aug 2026 21:26:57 +0000

Great, follow up with The Art of 64-bit Assembly for PowerISA

New comment by climate_denier_ in "Charting RISC-V's Future in HPC"

climate_denier_ — Sat, 01 Aug 2026 21:24:20 +0000

I liked it better when PowerPC was the future.