I think this is my answer, too. There's been so much movement with risc-v and it's been so rapid, it could completely alter the chip market in the very near term.
k_o_t@lemmy.ml 2 years ago
cheap risc-v boards that can run a full linux distribution
there are some cool projects I'm following, but they're pretty much all in china, and only available via taobao 😬
bruhbeans@lemmy.ml 2 years ago
Echedenyan@lemmy.ml 2 years ago
A little question: are the projects you are following Libre Hardware or are just Open Design with the Free RISC-V ISA and that is all?
k_o_t@lemmy.ml 2 years ago
i'm not really sure tbh
the particular one that I really want to get is called mangopi, and it's based on the allwinner D1 core, which in turn uses alibaba's xuantie C906 core, which is open source, however I'm unsure whether other components of the board are open source (like other controllers and stuff), but at least it claims so on their website
Echedenyan@lemmy.ml 2 years ago
MangoPi
:3c
Edited: Thank you, BTW.
k_o_t@lemmy.ml 2 years ago
yeah, arm/riscv manufacturers are infinitely better at naming their components than x64 component manufacturers 😄
Echedenyan@lemmy.ml 2 years ago
Could be great if people reunited and created a groupal account with some of them in the countries to which is send to send these things back to us.
This is something I never did to a big scale but to a little one with family and friends.
I am the one with the account at the service and receive the things, then I send them back or, if their address is allowed, I send the things directly to them.
They just pay me what it costs at all.
k_o_t@lemmy.ml 2 years ago
yeah, that's be nice 🤗
though the seller/manufacturer of the board I'm eyeing promised to organize a group buy for interested people in eu, and put it on aliexpress some time later
Echedenyan@lemmy.ml 2 years ago
I would prefer if they used an OpenCart instance or similar, to minimize the use of NonFree software by the people who buy board.