Apple started seeking RISC-V engineers about 16 months ago.
Idiots. All your CPU ARE belong to us. That’s what made it funny in the first place.
RISC stands for “Reduced Instruction Set Computer”. Here the V stands for the Roman number 5. Hence RISC-V is the 5th Generation of a family of computer cores. It is pronounced “RisK Five”. Unlike most other ISA designs, the RISC-V ISA is provided at no cost with an open source license. RISC-V does not require a license because it is Open Source and Open Architecture which means that the design can be modified and special instructions can be created to improve performance or make life difficult for hackers. For more information view the introduction guide to RISC-V e-book linked here.
Back to the Future!