We are still in the process of transition from Intel processors to Apple Silicon chips with ARM architecture, but the Cupertino company does not want to leave any future possibilities ignored. According to a job offer located on the Tom’s Hardware website, Apple would be interested in the RISC-V architecture.
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A few days ago we talked about this architecture in Engadget: its advantage is that It is open, so it would not be necessary to pay commissions to anyone to be able to use it. In addition, there are already European companies involved in its development, which would eliminate the Asian dependence that (among other factors) has caused the shortage of semiconductors that we have above.
The candidate must have an advanced knowledge of the RISC-V architecture instructions, be computational efficiency expert (key to the current M1 chips and their successors), programming in ASM and C without getting messy, and the ability to prioritize several tasks at the same time. Whoever is chosen for the position will work full time in Cupertino.
That Apple is testing this new architecture does not mean that we will already have another transition in a while: for now they must want to do their experiments with a long-term view and technology can always change. Apple Silicon has a life for many, many years.