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StarFive VisionFive 2 Quad-Core RISC-V SBC Launched for $46 and Up

Accepted submission by takyon at 2022-08-23 12:18:30
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StarFive VisionFive 2 quad-core RISC-V SBC launched for $46 and up [cnx-software.com]

As expected [cnx-software.com], StarFive has officially unveiled the JH7110 quad-core RISC-V processor with 3D GPU and the VisionFive 2 SBC. I just did not expect the company to also launch a Kickstarter campaign [kickstarter.com] for the board, and the version with 2GB RAM can be had for just about $46 for "early birds".

The VisionFive 2 ships with up to 8GB RAM, HDMI 2.0 and MIPI DSI display interfaces, dual Gigabit Ethernet, four USB 3.0/2.0 ports, a QSPI flash for the bootloader, as well as support for eMMC flash module, M.2 NVMe SSD, and microSD card storage.

Compared to the Raspberry Pi 4, it has better I/O, worse CPU performance, and potentially better GPU performance (it's an Imagination BXE-4-32), with similar price points for RAM amounts. It uses the the 100 × 72 mm "Pico-ITX" form factor like some recent RK3588 boards (RPi 4 is 85.6 mm × 56.5 mm).

Previously: Imagination Announces B-Series GPU IP: Scaling up with Multi-GPU [soylentnews.org]
VisionFive V1 RISC-V Linux SBC Resurrects BeagleV Single Board Computer [soylentnews.org]
Official Ubuntu RISC-V Images Released For StarFive's VisionFive Board [soylentnews.org]


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