Submission timeline
2007–2026One slot for every year since HN launched. Height is that year's peak points; orange marks a 100+ point or 50+ comment breakout. Select a bar to open its strongest thread.
First comments on top threads
HN comment orderInstruction interpreter is nicely human-readable: https://github.com/LekKit/RVVM/blob/staging/src/cpu/riscv_i....
More emulators listed here: https://riscv.org/exchange/software/ The most popular emulators are qemu and spike. There are even a few emulators written in Rust that aren't on the list: https://github.com/shady831213/terminus https://github.com/d0iasm/rvemu I've messed around with Terminus the most.
The first top-level comment from each of the four biggest threads, in HN’s own order. Excerpts are shortened; open a comment for full context.
- Breakout years
- 2
- Total points
- 278
- Total comments
- 81
100+ points or 50+ comments
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reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking
Every submission
| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-07-22 | RVVM – RISC-V Virtual MachineFirst breakout | rvenjoyer | 129 | 16 |
| 2023-03-03 | RVVM – The RISC-V Virtual MachineBest thread · Latest 20+ point return | api | 140 | 65 |
| 2025-02-13 | RVVM: RISC-V Virtual Machine | api | 5 | 0 |
| 2025-10-24 | RVVM – RISC-V VM emulator | gtirloni | 4 | 0 |