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1. cpgxii+(OP)[view] [source] 2025-12-03 18:06:20
No one has yet produced a RISC-V CPU or SoC with truly competitive CPU and GPU performance and compatibility to the current state of arm64 or amd64.
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2. o_m+q[view] [source] 2025-12-03 18:08:27
>>cpgxii+(OP)
It’s a catch-22: why build a RISC-V CPU if there’s no software for it, and why write software if there’s no CPU to run it?
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3. cpgxii+t2[view] [source] [discussion] 2025-12-03 18:19:07
>>o_m+q
Until there's a common, well-supported, and sufficiently performant family of RISC-V SoCs or CPUs with support for existing well-supported GPUs, RISC-V support will be a massive pain in the ass of a moving/fragmented target.

This has held back Arm for years, even today the state of poor GPU drivers for otherwise good Arm SoCs. There is essentially a tiny handful of Arm systems with good GPU support.

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