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Still, developers need to overcome a number of challenges before the RISC-V architecture takes root.
Google plans to introduce chips with a new architecture Android devices. The developers want to make this architecture the main one, as an alternative to the popular Arm technology that dominates modern mobile devices. The model of the new chip was recently introduced by Qualcomm. This chip, called "RISC-V Snapdragon Wear", will be used in wearable gadgets.
RISC-V is an open source architecture. Its key advantage is flexibility, which allows you to customize internal processes for different tasks and applications. This makes chip manufacturing cheaper and easier. At a minimum, developers will not have to pay Arm licensing fees.
Arm, in turn, has faced a number of challenges in recent years. The attempt to sell the company, and then the public offering of shares on the stock exchange, only worsened the situation. Changes to Arm's business model have caused dissatisfaction among partners, including Qualcomm. In addition, political issues, including the technological confrontation between the United States and China, force former partners to look for alternatives – for example, RISC-V.
Qualcomm already has experience with RISC-V. They used this architecture in some microcontrollers inside their chips, but the main core was still based on Arm. However, RISC-V is rapidly gaining popularity.
However, it will take a lot of work for RISC-V to become a full-fledged architecture for Android. You need developer tools, compilers, libraries, and many other components. Google is actively working on this, and although many Android applications are written in Java or Kotlin, the main task is to "painlessly" modify them.
Qualcomm is planning further steps to commercialize its RISC-V-based product and is announcing a launch date very soon.
Google plans to introduce chips with a new architecture Android devices. The developers want to make this architecture the main one, as an alternative to the popular Arm technology that dominates modern mobile devices. The model of the new chip was recently introduced by Qualcomm. This chip, called "RISC-V Snapdragon Wear", will be used in wearable gadgets.
RISC-V is an open source architecture. Its key advantage is flexibility, which allows you to customize internal processes for different tasks and applications. This makes chip manufacturing cheaper and easier. At a minimum, developers will not have to pay Arm licensing fees.
Arm, in turn, has faced a number of challenges in recent years. The attempt to sell the company, and then the public offering of shares on the stock exchange, only worsened the situation. Changes to Arm's business model have caused dissatisfaction among partners, including Qualcomm. In addition, political issues, including the technological confrontation between the United States and China, force former partners to look for alternatives – for example, RISC-V.
Qualcomm already has experience with RISC-V. They used this architecture in some microcontrollers inside their chips, but the main core was still based on Arm. However, RISC-V is rapidly gaining popularity.
However, it will take a lot of work for RISC-V to become a full-fledged architecture for Android. You need developer tools, compilers, libraries, and many other components. Google is actively working on this, and although many Android applications are written in Java or Kotlin, the main task is to "painlessly" modify them.
Qualcomm is planning further steps to commercialize its RISC-V-based product and is announcing a launch date very soon.
