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by speed_spread 8 days ago
RV32I doesn't define any architecture, it's just an ISA i.e. a software contract that happens to be implementable in hardware. The CPU could run on outer space goop and still be RV32I.
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Brian_K_White 7 days ago
"RV32I doesn't define any architecture, it's just an ISA."

My friend...

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speed_spread 7 days ago
You are right, 'A' stands for Architecture. _Instruction Set_ Architecture that is. Not CPU architecture. I should have been more clear:

> RV32I doesn't define the hardware architecture

FTFM - satisfied?

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