Breaking the monopoly of ARM/x86, Google officially stated that Android supports RISC-V

The open source and open RISC-V has become the third largest CPU instruction set next to ARM and x86, and has also attracted the attention of major chip manufacturers. However, to enter the mainstream market, some breakthroughs are needed, among which the support of Google Android system Crucially, the good news is that Google has expressed its support for the RSIC-V architecture, and has paid attention to it being equivalent to ARM.

The Android system actually supports multiple CPU systems. In addition to ARM, there are x86 and MIPS, but MIPS exists in name only. The two major x86 manufacturers AMD and Intel are not interested in the Android platform. The previous support almost all failed, so ARM has become the Android platform. Camp’s de facto only option.

At the RISC-V summit, Lars Bergstrom, director of Google Android Engineering, said that he hopes RISC-V will become a first-level platform for Android, which is comparable to the significance of ARM for Android.

However, Google’s statement that it supports RISC-V does not mean that running Android on RSIC-V will be smooth sailing. In fact, the support for RISC-V is still at a very early stage, and it cannot support ART. It is expected that AOSP Android will be released in the Q1 quarter of 2023. Only then may it support ART.

In short, Google stated that Android support is an important milestone for the RSIC-V camp, which means that Google will not put all its eggs on ARM processors. The open source and open RISC-V will be more attractive in the future, but Android Support for RISC-V is still in its infancy and will take at least a few years to gradually improve.

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