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[-] ShiningWing@lemmygrad.ml 11 points 1 year ago

RISC-V being open doesn't mean all implementations using it have to be, though

There's nothing stopping a manufacturer from putting their own Intel Management Engine equivalent in a RISC-V CPU

[-] nephs@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 1 year ago

You are correct. I though it was copyleft GPL something.

Thanks for bringing it into my attention. :)

[-] idahocom@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 1 year ago

The simplest risc-v implementations don't need microcode at all.

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