Red Hat Joins the RISC-V Foundation (opens in new tab)

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74 pointstoun6y ago18 comments

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By the transitive property, does this mean that IBM joins as well? And if yes, does this have any implications on them? I don't know if IBM still designs their own chips.

rwmj6y ago

IBM has been a member of the RISC-V Foundation for a few years. (https://riscv.org/membership/1456/ibm/)

dooglius6y ago

What's the rationale for double-paying?

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tw046y ago

IBM still designs both their Power (think Linux/big server) and Z (mainframe) chips.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_POWER_microprocessors

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z/Architecture

tyingq6y ago

A RISC-V mainframe would be an interesting and funny outcome.

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unixhero6y ago

Z Architecture??? "These aren't even declassified yet!"

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DannyB26y ago

Maybe IBM acquired Red Hat in order to join RISC-V by proxy.

pkaye6y ago

Got to save on the $5k.

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majewsky6y ago

By the transitive property, does this mean that IBM joins as well? And if yes, does this have any implications on them? I don't know if IBM still designs their own chips.

rwmj6y ago

IBM has been a member of the RISC-V Foundation for a few years. (https://riscv.org/membership/1456/ibm/)

dooglius6y ago

What's the rationale for double-paying?

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tw046y ago

IBM still designs both their Power (think Linux/big server) and Z (mainframe) chips.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_POWER_microprocessors

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z/Architecture

tyingq6y ago

A RISC-V mainframe would be an interesting and funny outcome.

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