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SEGGER Blog
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SEGGER Blog is the company blog at blog.segger.com, writing about hardware and programming. Since 2017, 8 different Hacker News readers have linked it 17 times, most often “Code size: Closing the gap between RISC-V and Arm for embedded applications”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-21, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link SEGGER's blog posts on embedded development topics such as RISC-V and ARM code size and floating point emulation, often as technical background or supporting references.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 2 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
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Most-linked posts?
- Code size: Closing the gap between RISC-V and Arm for embedded applications2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2020-12-02
What Hacker News says?
> with significantly higher code density. This is not correct and is a known weakness of RISC-V at the moment. The ARM toolchains are really good and have decades of improvements in them. This is a big issue for those who need to buy ROM in volume. Better tools are coming online though. For example: https://blog.segger.com/code-size-closing-the-gap-between-ri... "One of the issues faced by RISC-V developers is that…
Comment linking /code-size-closing-the-gap-between-risc-v-and-arm-for-embedded-applications/
on “RISC-V is succeeding”Submitted Smash: An efficient compression algorithm for microcontrollers as a story · 83 points
HN discussionAn interesting non-free alternative is the SEGGER Runtime Library [1] which works with GCC, but with smaller code size than newlib-nano and significantly faster floating point emulation [2] for processors like the Cortex M3 or RISCV wih no FPU. It would be interesting to see if newlib-nano or picolibc could use these tricks. [1] https://www.segger.com/products/development-tools/runtime-li... [2] https://blog.segger.…
Comment linking /floating-point-face-off/
on “Picolibc – Libc for Embedded Systems”Submitted Algorithms for division: Using Newton's method as a story · 45 points
HN discussionSubmitted ARM Thumb-2 has a higher code density than RISC-V(RV32IMAC req. ~18% more text) as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Algorithms for division: Using Newton's method as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Reviving a classic electronic game using SEGGER tools and software (Part I) as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Securing embedded systems with digital signatures: The basics as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Saving power in embedded systems – Reducing idle CPU speed as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Correlating and visualizing data sampling, current consumption, and execution as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted The SEGGER Linker – Replacing the GNU Linker as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted CPU Design at Segger as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Algorithms for Division: Classics as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Working at SEGGER Microcontroller: The question of “why?” as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Segger Embedded Studio on Apple M1 and Intel I7 as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Code Size: Squeezing more with linker outlining as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Code size: Closing the gap between RISC-V and Arm for embedded applications as a story · 1 points
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