https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=SiFive-P...
Should be roughly M1 performance, but on RISC-V.
who knows when that is coming and when are we going to be able to buy regular laptops from e.g. Lenovo, HP, Acer, etc with that.
By the time that happens, Apple may already be on their third, fourth? generation on M1. Which is going to much much much faster than M1.
Will it really?
It isn't a given. They might bring amazing progress, or not.
Ultimately, it doesn't matter all that much if it isn't available to third parties. It's not as if everybody else is sitting on their ass.
SiFive's not a fat company, their research budget is tiny, relative to the likes of Apple. And yet, they're coming up with competitive cores.
Things are so much easier when not restricted by a shitty ISA (x86). I have taken a look, and I really like RISC-V; I find it better than ARM.
https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=SiFive-P...
Should be roughly M1 performance, but on RISC-V.