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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:

Submitted via IRC for TheMightyBuzzard

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 The Mighty Buzzard on Monday February 05 2018, @01:36PM (2 children)

    by The Mighty Buzzard (18) Subscriber Badge <themightybuzzard@proton.me> on Monday February 05 2018, @01:36PM (#633265) Homepage Journal

    At this point, my phone's more powerful. This is well and truly a development board. There's no good enough reason to buy one at this price point except that you need to already be writing code for it so you're ready to release once something consumers can afford is released.

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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by Unixnut on Monday February 05 2018, @02:04PM (1 child)

    by Unixnut (5779) on Monday February 05 2018, @02:04PM (#633269)

    Yeah, but your phone is also riddled with binary blobs and god knows what else. I sure don't trust my phone with any sensitive information (if it were possible I wouldn't even keep my contact list on it, but if I go that far, I might as well not bother with a smartphone at all).

    Thing is, no open architecture systems are available now apart from this one. Even the raspberry pi has low level binary blobs to function. While I agree at this price point it could be considered a bit steep, I am hopeful with time prices will drop. Especially as one of the big HDD manufacturers plans to use the RISC-V chip in their disks.