Qualcomm and Google RISC it all for a shot at wearable redemption

Chip maker Qualcomm has ramped up its RISC-V efforts by agreeing with Google to co-develop processors for wearables running on the latter’s Wear OS.
There’s nothing in the announcement about specific products or launch dates. Qualcomm instead has pitched it as an “expanded framework” that will help “pave the way for more products within the ecosystem to take advantage of custom CPUs that are low power and high performance.”
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