How difficult would it be for Apple to migrate their iOS operating systems, development toolchain, and A* series SOCs from ARMv8-a to RISC-V? What would be the biggest challenges?
Presuming the development of a suitable RISC-V chipset for Mac, how difficult would it be for Apple to migrate their macOS (10.15 or later) operating system and development toolchain from x86-64 to RISC-V?
Would the payback period, to realise the benefit of avoiding future licensing fees, be attractive or prohibitive?
Presuming the development of a suitable RISC-V chipset for Mac, how difficult would it be for Apple to migrate their macOS (10.15 or later) operating system and development toolchain from x86-64 to RISC-V?
Would the payback period, to realise the benefit of avoiding future licensing fees, be attractive or prohibitive?