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[–] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Nifty. I love the idea of risc v but fear there is no real consumer market for it that isn't better served by arm though.

[–] lnxtx@feddit.nl 24 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Soon, my friend, soon.
The biggest advantage is that there is no royalties, like the ARM requires.

[–] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I'm not sure that's big enough of an advantage though. I hope it is but history shows that most people are more than willing to pay for convenience over freedom.

[–] semperverus@lemmy.world 3 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

Check out MilkV, they have a 64 core RISCV workstation that supports PCIe at full speeds and has NVMe and SATA slots like a completely normal x86 motherboard.

People have gotten modern AAA games running on it.

[–] stsquad@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 day ago

If you license a design from someone you'll still be paying something. Sure there are also free implementations but they are aimed at microcontrollers, you won't get any server class chips for free.