[Linux-aus] RISC-V

[Euan de Kock]

Hi Russel,

Another very interesting RISC-V company is the Milk-V company:
https://milkv.io  they have range of boards from the Milk-V Duo which is a
US$ 9.00 board capable of running a basic Linux kernel with good video
support, right up to the Milk-V Pioneer - a 64 core 2Ghz server class board
(Mini-ATX). Some of their kit is still under development, but it's getting
pretty exciting in the RISC-V space.

A lot of the newer ESP-32 microcontrollers like the C2 are also based on
RISC-V which gives it a lot of groundswell in embedded devices.

Regards,

Euan.

On Tue, Oct 24, 2023 at 4:52 PM Russell Coker via linux-aus <
linux-aus at lists.linux.org.au> wrote:

> RISC-V is the newest CPU architecture and as it's available for free while
> the
> ARM company has a market cap of over $50 billion at the moment presumably
> because they are expected to get something in excess of $5.5 billion a
> year in
> ARM license fees.
>
> https://www.tomshardware.com/news/risc-v-laptop-looks-like-thinkpad
>
> I think that RISC-V is a platform that can be fun to develop on,
> educational,
> and good for the community.  The above article about a $299 RISC-V mini
> laptop
> is interesting, it's not my favourite form factor but some people really
> like
> it and 16G of RAM is impressive.
>
> https://sipeed.com/licheepi4a
>
> The above page from the licheepi manufacturer gives specs of the LicheePi
> (like Raspberry Pi), LicheeCluster, LicheePad, and LicheeConsole (the mini
> laptop).
>
> The mini laptop has nice motherboard specs including WiFi6, BT5.4, and 16G
> of
> DDR4 RAM.  It also strangely is advertised as running VS Code, MS doesn't
> mention support for RISC-V in VS Code so I wonder if that is under
> emulation.
> It is let down by having a 1280*800 screen (lower than all desirable
> phones).
>
> The tablet has a 1920*1200 screen and 16G of RAM which is unusually large
> for
> a tablet and has connectivity options that match what you expect from a
> laptop
> not a tablet.  It's 1cm thick which is unusual for a tablet, but other
> than
> that it's specs compete well with regular Android tablets.
>
>
> https://pine64.com/product/pinetab-v-10-1-8gb-128gb-risc-v-based-linux-tablet-with-detached-backlit-keyboard/
>
> Pine64 also has a RISC-V laptop for $209US but it has only a 1280*800
> display.
>
> https://linux.org.au/grants-program/
>
> I think it would be good if we could get a group of people who are
> interested
> in doing FOSS development on the RISC-V platform and apply for a LA grant
> to
> buy a collection of hardware.  The grants program is open until the end of
> November so if we could get a group of 5+ people who are interested in
> developing it then I think we could make some good progress.
>
> Yifei I would appreciate some input from you on the sipheed stuff because
> most
> of the web site appears to be in Chinese and I couldn't even find prices.
>
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