SiFive claims fastest RISC-V core yet with Cortex-A77 like P650
by Eric Brown, Dec 3, 2021
- https://linuxgizmos.com/sifive-claims-fastest-risc-v-core-yet-with-cortex-a77-like-p650/

"SiFive has launched a high-end "P650" core for up to 16-core SoCs
that features the latest RISC-V Hypervisor spec, one of 15 that
were just ratified by RISC-V Int'l. Meanwhile, Andes speeds up its
Linux-friendly AndesCore 45MP and NX27V cores.
In the run up to next week's RISC-V Summit in San Francisco,
several RISC-V organizations have some news to share. SiFive has
unveiled a previously teased SiFive Performance P650 CPU core that
it claims outperforms Cortex-A77, the Arm architecture used on the
Snapdragon 865. The Linux-focused P650 supports the Hypervisor
extension, one of 15 new RISC-V specs announced this week by RISC-V
International, the Switzerland-based organization that oversees
RISC-V. Other Linux-related RISC-V news includes a performance
improvement for Andes' AndesCore 45MP and NX27V cores (see farther
below).
This week, RISC-V International announced that its membership has
grown by 130 percent in 2021. Also this week Deloitte Global
released a report (via TechRepublic) that projects that sales of
RISC-V processing cores will double in 2022 and double again in
2023 when it will comprise a $800 million market. The number is
expected to approach $1 billion in 2024.
The report suggests that while the RISC-V market will continue to
boom, driven in part by China's interest in silicon independence
and the lure of lower costs for smaller chip designers. Yet, major
chipmakers and hardware manufacturers are not likely to switch
their core investments from Arm and Intel any time soon, says
Deloitte." ...

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On Mon, 6 Dec 2021 21:57:53 -0000 (UTC)
not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) wrote:
> SiFive claims fastest RISC-V core yet with Cortex-A77 like P650
> by Eric Brown, Dec 3, 2021
> - https://linuxgizmos.com/sifive-claims-fastest-risc-v-core-yet-with-cortex-a77-like-p650/
>
> "SiFive has launched a high-end "P650" core for up to 16-core SoCs
> that features the latest RISC-V Hypervisor spec, one of 15 that
> were just ratified by RISC-V Int'l. Meanwhile, Andes speeds up its
> Linux-friendly AndesCore 45MP and NX27V cores.
>
> In the run up to next week's RISC-V Summit in San Francisco,
> several RISC-V organizations have some news to share. SiFive has
> unveiled a previously teased SiFive Performance P650 CPU core that
> it claims outperforms Cortex-A77, the Arm architecture used on the
> Snapdragon 865. The Linux-focused P650 supports the Hypervisor
> extension, one of 15 new RISC-V specs announced this week by RISC-V
> International, the Switzerland-based organization that oversees
> RISC-V. Other Linux-related RISC-V news includes a performance
> improvement for Andes' AndesCore 45MP and NX27V cores (see farther
> below).

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> The report suggests that while the RISC-V market will continue to
> boom, driven in part by China's interest in silicon independence

[...]

I'm looking for Intel/AMD independence myself so it would be great if some
desktop computer came out using any of these exciting processors.