pretty much the title.

  • @[email protected]
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    In principle it’s just "slimmer ARM!. RISC-V is also extremely dedicated to using memory mapped IO rather than older style IO x86_64 supports.

    Think lots of registers, a fun zero register that is always zero, and memory mapped IO.

    • @mvirts
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      I for one think we need a register for each unsigned integer, why is zero so special? :P

      Or if we can’t get that, at least every power of 2 and power of 2 minus 1.

      Maybe I can submit a proposal for risc-VI 🤣

      • @PetteriPano
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        Maybe I can submit a proposal for risc-VI 🤣

        No need! You can make your own custom extension! If the silicon doesn’t support it, then you can provide firmware to emulate it.

      • @porl
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        51 month ago

        I think a register for each of the primes should be enough.

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      ARM is also reduced-instruction set but I don’t know how they differ. Is the instruction set somehow more reduced?