3arn0wl

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[–] 3arn0wl 17 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (8 children)
  • BRICS nations are going RISC-V - for varied reasons - as quickly as they can (and the EU may well follow suit).

  • China is a huge producer - if not THE biggest manufacturer - of electronics.

Those two points alone suggest a RISC-V revolution, in BRICS and 3rd-World economies, who like cheaper goods. RISC-V cores have been used in microcontroller roles for a while now, and we're now seeing RISC-V chips being used as primary processors.

[–] 3arn0wl 1 points 2 years ago

Sorry. Can't help you there.

[–] 3arn0wl 6 points 2 years ago (7 children)

How far down the rabbit hole do you want to go?

RISC-V is open specification for processor design, and some Cpus, like T-Head's C910 are published designs. The Roma laptop uses a SoC based on that, though I don't suppose it's readily available. There's also an SBC - the Lichee Pi 4A, and a tablet from Sipeed... But all these devices are cutting edge, and probably not for the general consumer quite yet.

[–] 3arn0wl 3 points 2 years ago (8 children)
[–] 3arn0wl 4 points 2 years ago

Element is also available through a browser. https://app.element.io/#/welcome

[–] 3arn0wl 4 points 2 years ago

I like what Sipeed are doing : riffing on this RISC-V SoM.

I'd very much like to get my hands on a LicheePi 4A too.

[–] 3arn0wl 6 points 2 years ago

If it's 32-bit, your options dwindle somewhat.

Armbian is lightweight, and has an x86 version.

[–] 3arn0wl 7 points 2 years ago

Some while ago, there was a "Masto Blue" generated from Mastodon users fa ourite colours - #40665C

[–] 3arn0wl 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Not common, perhaps, but I like to download Atkinson Hyperlegible.

[–] 3arn0wl 1 points 2 years ago

:D Excellent. Would you care to name the hospital?

[–] 3arn0wl 3 points 2 years ago

Whilst it's still early days for consumer-grade RISC-V SBCs, a number of Linux distro have been keen to provide images, and Debian has committed to fully supporting RISC-V with their next release.

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