Intel Graphics Compiler Can Now Be Built For RISC-V

[ayumu]

Excellent news, although most AMD cards (including all the RDNA1/2/3 ones) already work on RISC-V as of Linux 6.10 introducing in-kernel FPU support (which amdgpu needs).

[brad0]

Excellent news, although most AMD cards (including all the RDNA1/2/3 ones) already work on RISC-V as of Linux 6.10 introducing in-kernel FPU support (which amdgpu needs).

Although generally I am an AMD user, more options doesn't hurt. More options also helps even more so with non-Linux OS's.

[Quackdoc]

GPU compute might just become immensely important for intel, and could be what turns it around assuming it's not done dumb. Their hardware is already quite good for compute. Not excellent, but if you have a workload that works, it does work well. Expanding their compute capabilities should be a priority for them IMO.

If Intel becomes a RISC-V chip designer leader and bets on it for its future chips rather than x86, and do not interfere negatively with the ISA evolution (meaning no lobbying to add crappy extensions nobody wants except them), they may regain some of my completely lost trust.

Sadly some of the the risc-v designers who were with intel left and started their own new company so I don't think intel is planning on this any time soon. A shame for intel I'm sure, but seeing as how horsecreek didn't pan out of them, you can see why. Intel could still fab risc-v using their fabs assuming they don't just sell them off.