The current CPU architecture we use for desktops/laptops are old, complex and a bit creaky. RISC-V is a modern, fast and efficient architecture, which is free and open. Expect hugely lower battery consumption and for the computer to just “feel” faster, even if the specs are equivelent to other CPUs. The fact that it’s free also make it easier and cheaper to work with. However, software support is going to be absolutely shockingly abysmal and probably will be for at least 5-10 years, until there’s some buy in from e.g. Microsoft or someone who can make a decent translation layer.
If you want to experience the benefits of RISC nowadays in a desktop or laptop pretty much the only option is Microsoft Surface or Apple Silicon macs, which are ARM64 - this isn’t RISC-V, but they are RISC - and many of the benefits apply to them. Apple’s software support is lightyears ahead of Microsoft though, so I’d strongly suggest avoiding the ARM64 surface, at least for the time being.
The current CPU architecture we use for desktops/laptops are old, complex and a bit creaky. RISC-V is a modern, fast and efficient architecture, which is free and open. Expect hugely lower battery consumption and for the computer to just “feel” faster, even if the specs are equivelent to other CPUs. The fact that it’s free also make it easier and cheaper to work with. However, software support is going to be absolutely shockingly abysmal and probably will be for at least 5-10 years, until there’s some buy in from e.g. Microsoft or someone who can make a decent translation layer.
If you want to experience the benefits of RISC nowadays in a desktop or laptop pretty much the only option is Microsoft Surface or Apple Silicon macs, which are ARM64 - this isn’t RISC-V, but they are RISC - and many of the benefits apply to them. Apple’s software support is lightyears ahead of Microsoft though, so I’d strongly suggest avoiding the ARM64 surface, at least for the time being.