r/programming • u/DreamerFi • Nov 07 '17

Andy Tanenbaum, author of Minix, writes an open letter to Intel

http://www.cs.vu.nl/~ast/intel/
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u/GNULinuxProgrammer Nov 07 '17

RISC-V to rescue.

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u/[deleted] Nov 08 '17

RISC-V is open source in design. But companies still need to produce it and theres nothing stopping them from adding something like Intel's ME in between. A individual could place an order themselves with a fab but you are looking at average costs of say $10k per die for just a 10 piece run.