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Re: Risc-V [OT: Firefox ESR EOL]



On Lu, 20 dec 21, 09:53:54, tomas@tuxteam.de wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 19, 2021 at 01:44:35PM -0500, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote:
> 
> [...]
> 
> > Would you have some suggestion if I'd like to try out a Risc-V board ?
> 
> Feeding your fave search engine with, e.g. single board computer +"Risc-V"
> yields some hits. A couple of examples:
> 
>   https://liliputing.com/2021/05/nezha-is-a-99-single-board-pc-with-a-risc-v-processor.html
>   https://www.cnx-software.com/2021/04/13/allwinner-d1-linux-risc-v-sbc-processor/
>   https://marketresearchtelecast.com/tried-risc-v-single-board-computer-rvboards-nezha-with-debian-linux/98055/
>   https://www.reddit.com/r/RISCV/comments/kwgcx2/beaglev_the_first_affordable_riscv_computer/
 
https://www.pine64.org/2021/12/15/december-update-a-year-in-review/

> Don't expect laptop-like or desktop-like performance yet -- rather
> embedded-like performance. Those things haven't got the economy of scale
> to justify vast caching architectures and other luxuries. That would
> make them unaffordable. But things might change...

Agreed. This is something to keep an eye on as a potential future 
competitor for ARM, which is starting to challenge x86 in various areas.

Kind regards,
Andrei
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