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SiFive Introduces RISC-V Linux-Capable Multicore Processor

posted by Fnord666 on Monday February 05 2018, @03:16AM   Printer-friendly
from the HiFive-Unleashed dept.

MrPlow writes:

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Slowly but surely, RISC-V, the Open Source architecture for everything from microcontrollers to server CPUs is making inroads in the community. Now SiFive, the major company behind putting RISC-V c...

That's damned nifty but at a grand for a 1.5GHz system, I don't see them selling that many to consumers.

Source: https://hackaday.com/2018/02/03/sifive-introduces-risc-v-linux-capable-multicore-processor/

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  • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Monday February 05 2018, @05:47AM

    by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Monday February 05 2018, @05:47AM (#633145) Journal

    can it run Crysis?

    Nope [board-db.org]:

    Co-processing units

    • GPU (graphics): ✘
    • MCU (real-time): ✘
    • FPGA (gates): ✘
    • NPU (neural): ✘
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