Dmitry.GR Criticizes RISC-V Architecture for Design Flaws

TL;DR. Dmitry.GR published an extensive critique detailing his fundamental issues with the RISC-V instruction set architecture. - The author argues RISC-V's 'everything for everyone' approach leads to design compromises across use cases. - Specific criticisms target its optionality, missing basic pieces, and inefficient instruction encoding. - The article contends RISC-V's market success in microcontrollers will happen despite its design, not because of it.

• RISC-V's 'everything for everyone' philosophy is a fundamental design flaw.
• The architecture suffers from poor optionality, critical missing components, and inefficient instruction encoding.
• The author believes RISC-V's market penetration in microcontrollers will occur despite, not because of, its ISA design.
• The critique seeks to provide a comprehensive reference for ongoing debates about RISC-V's viability and future.

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