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When will it be possible for a semi-technical person to buy or build a RISC-V Linux desptop computer?
by daffy 7y ago
When will it be possible for a semi-technical person to buy or
build a RISC-V Linux desptop computer?
- rwmj 7y agoNot for many years. This isn't really a use case that anyone is interested in, and there's next to no money in it so no company will bother. If it happens at all it'll be like ARM and x86 - basically a side-effect of chips becoming cheap because they are used in other contexts (phones/tablets for ARM, Windows machines for x86). RISC-V will first be important in embedded applications simply as a way to avoid paying ARM royalties. Then in servers for people who want an easy way to add instruction extensions without having to beg Intel.
- rjsw 7y agoYou could buy a HiFive Unleashed board with the expansion board then add a PCI graphics card. You would also need a PCI USB host card for keyboard and mouse. This isn't cheap though.