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No word on the ARM deal and how they might be affected. They likely don't want to ruffle feathers before the dust is even settled, but I must wonder what is goi
by CameronNemo 6y ago
No word on the ARM deal and how they might be affected. They likely don't want to ruffle feathers before the dust is even settled, but I must wonder what is going through their heads. Hopefully they are looking into what it would take to put together a RISC-V SBC.
- JustFinishedBSG 6y agoWhy would Pine64 care in anyway about the buyout ?
- fsflover 6y agoBecause Nvidia has a bad history concerning open source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nvidia#Open-source_software_support https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nvidia#Open-source_software_su...
- solarkraft 6y agoThis doesn't really matter in the mid term. Documentation is mostly a thing of the chip manufacturer and that has already been horrible, but worked around by the Linux community.
- CameronNemo 6y agoThey use Rockchip and Allwinner chips in their devices. Neither supplier has a perpetual license on the ARM ISA, and both suppliers use ARM Cortex-A CPU designs. Furthermore the Pinephone, Pinebook Pro, Rock64, and RockPro64 boards use Mali graphics. The deal could have a significant effect on who they end up sourcing SoCs from, and what IP is on those SoCs.