<div dir="ltr">Hi Russel,<div><br></div><div>Another very interesting RISC-V company is the Milk-V company: <a href="https://milkv.io">https://milkv.io</a> 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.</div><div><br></div><div>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.</div><div><br></div><div>Regards,</div><div><br></div><div>Euan.</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Oct 24, 2023 at 4:52 PM Russell Coker via linux-aus <<a href="mailto:linux-aus@lists.linux.org.au">linux-aus@lists.linux.org.au</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">RISC-V is the newest CPU architecture and as it's available for free while the <br>
ARM company has a market cap of over $50 billion at the moment presumably <br>
because they are expected to get something in excess of $5.5 billion a year in <br>
ARM license fees.<br>
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<a href="https://www.tomshardware.com/news/risc-v-laptop-looks-like-thinkpad" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.tomshardware.com/news/risc-v-laptop-looks-like-thinkpad</a><br>
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I think that RISC-V is a platform that can be fun to develop on, educational, <br>
and good for the community. The above article about a $299 RISC-V mini laptop <br>
is interesting, it's not my favourite form factor but some people really like <br>
it and 16G of RAM is impressive.<br>
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<a href="https://sipeed.com/licheepi4a" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://sipeed.com/licheepi4a</a><br>
<br>
The above page from the licheepi manufacturer gives specs of the LicheePi <br>
(like Raspberry Pi), LicheeCluster, LicheePad, and LicheeConsole (the mini <br>
laptop).<br>
<br>
The mini laptop has nice motherboard specs including WiFi6, BT5.4, and 16G of <br>
DDR4 RAM. It also strangely is advertised as running VS Code, MS doesn't <br>
mention support for RISC-V in VS Code so I wonder if that is under emulation. <br>
It is let down by having a 1280*800 screen (lower than all desirable phones).<br>
<br>
The tablet has a 1920*1200 screen and 16G of RAM which is unusually large for <br>
a tablet and has connectivity options that match what you expect from a laptop <br>
not a tablet. It's 1cm thick which is unusual for a tablet, but other than <br>
that it's specs compete well with regular Android tablets.<br>
<br>
<a href="https://pine64.com/product/pinetab-v-10-1-8gb-128gb-risc-v-based-linux-tablet-with-detached-backlit-keyboard/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://pine64.com/product/pinetab-v-10-1-8gb-128gb-risc-v-based-linux-tablet-with-detached-backlit-keyboard/</a><br>
<br>
Pine64 also has a RISC-V laptop for $209US but it has only a 1280*800 display.<br>
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<a href="https://linux.org.au/grants-program/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://linux.org.au/grants-program/</a><br>
<br>
I think it would be good if we could get a group of people who are interested <br>
in doing FOSS development on the RISC-V platform and apply for a LA grant to <br>
buy a collection of hardware. The grants program is open until the end of <br>
November so if we could get a group of 5+ people who are interested in <br>
developing it then I think we could make some good progress.<br>
<br>
Yifei I would appreciate some input from you on the sipheed stuff because most <br>
of the web site appears to be in Chinese and I couldn't even find prices.<br>
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