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AMD could enter ARM market with Sound Wave APU built on TSMC 3nm process

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283 points walterbell | 2 comments | 31 Oct 25 03:07 UTC | HN request time: 0.394s | source
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sylware ◴[31 Oct 25 08:25 UTC] No.45769564[source]▶
They should move to risc-v instead.
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sydbarrett74 ◴[31 Oct 25 08:57 UTC] No.45769802[source]▶
That will probably happen eventually, but right now RISC-V only has the hp for embedded or peripheral uses. It will continue to nip at ARM’s heels for the next 5-10 years.
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snvzz ◴[31 Oct 25 11:03 UTC] No.45770679[source]▶
RVA23 chips will definitely be seen next year.

So far, Tenstorrent promises Ascalon devboards for 2026Q2.

Performance should be similar if not above AMD Zen2 or Apple M1.

By 2027, I expect there will be no gap left to close.

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1. jabl ◴[31 Oct 25 15:11 UTC] No.45772889[source]▶
Seems there's an awful lot of slideware in the high-performance RISC-V department. We'll see when/if the rubber hits the road, I suppose.

Longer term, I think the future looks bright for RISC-V. If nothing else, at least the Chinese are investing heavily into it, for obvious reasons wrt avoiding sanctions and such.

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2. sylware ◴[01 Nov 25 10:10 UTC] No.45780524[source]▶
That said, it seems the desktop/server high performance implementations are from SiFive in the US.

The main obvious reason is to dodge global IP issues with arm or x86*.

Trump is probably aware that "Big Tech" is a domestic issue (cr*ping the world, won't help to make america great again...). And he is right to push hard on the silicon, but "cleaning up" what's on top of it... ooooof!