THE VIDEO SHELF · instruction set architecture comparison
Tuesday @ 1130 ISA Shootout – a Comparison of RISC V, ARM, and x86 Chris Celio, UC Berkeley V2
Chris Celio of UC Berkeley compares the RISC-V, ARM and x86 instruction sets, with quantitative data on instruction counts and code density. It examines how the compressed extension fares against Thumb and x86.
Why HN readers recommended it
Cited as primary-source evidence that RISC-V code density is competitive with or better than ARM and x86.
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Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- RISC-V International
- Topic
- instruction set architecture comparison
- Format
- talk
- Level
- advanced
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 7
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2016–2020
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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> If you look at functionality per instruction byte, RISC is fairly low. You should watch this video: [VIDEO] The most important information therein is that the difference in code density is minuscule between x86, ARM and RISC-V. The differences between GCC versions is even …
legulere on Hacker News · 2016-08
In Intel Licenses ARM Technology to Boost Foundry BusinessAt best, that's a simplistic and misleading view, see the following talk for an in depth analysis: "Comparison of RISC V, ARM, and x86" [VIDEO]
dkjaudyeqooe on Hacker News · 2020-12
In Apple M1 foreshadows Rise of RISC-V
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