schizoidman@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agoThe Framework Laptop 13 is about to become one of the world’s first RISC-V laptopswww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square130fedilinkarrow-up1726arrow-down110 cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.ziptechnology@hexbear.nettechnology@lemmygrad.ml
arrow-up1716arrow-down1external-linkThe Framework Laptop 13 is about to become one of the world’s first RISC-V laptopswww.theverge.comschizoidman@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square130fedilink cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.ziptechnology@hexbear.nettechnology@lemmygrad.ml
minus-squaresugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-26 months agoCompilers basically already do that, and distributed executables usually assume minimal instruction support. Compilers can detect what’s supported, so it’s largely a solved problem, at least if you compile things yourself.
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Compilers basically already do that, and distributed executables usually assume minimal instruction support. Compilers can detect what’s supported, so it’s largely a solved problem, at least if you compile things yourself.