Chinese project aims to run RISC-V code on AMD Zen processors

A new contest inspired by Google's Zentool challenges developers to modify AMD Zen CPU microcode to run RISC-V programs natively, but experts argue the goal is unfeasible.

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/google-tool-spurs-contest-to-run-risc-v-on-amd-zen-cpus-but-is-it-possible

Created 24d | Apr 10, 2025, 10:10:06 PM


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