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0 pointswklm8y ago0 comments

is it an fpga?

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No, as far as I can tell, it's an actual RISC-V ASIC; it has 5 cores on a 28nm die.

I'm afraid the amount of FPGA required for 4 beefier cores + 1 simpler core + 2 MB coherent L1 cache could cost more than $999, but I may be wrong.

tyingq8y ago

I get the difference between FPGA and ASIC. But...

What's the difference between a CPU core on an ASIC and a normal CPU core?

q3k8y ago

You seem to be confused about the terminology. A typical CPU core is an ASIC.

An ASIC (application specific integrated circuit) is exactly what it says on the tin - an integrated circuit designed to perform one function - in this case, executing machine code. Most of the chips you see inside electronics are ASICs (everything from operational amplifiers to ethernet PHYs and CPUs).

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