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No HDMI, no wifi, $665. It's a nice product but the RISC-V Pi I was hoping for still isn't here.
by dreamcompiler 6y ago
No HDMI, no wifi, $665.
It's a nice product but the RISC-V Pi I was hoping for still isn't here.
- lsllc 6y agoGotta start somewhere and this is much more reasonable than the FPGA version @ $1K!
- rwmj 6y agoFPGA version was actually $3-4K. The previous $1K board was an ASIC produced in very small numbers.
- cmrdporcupine 6y agoIt has PCIe slots for graphics, so of course no HDMI. This isn't a SoC-on-SBC type product like the RPi. The competitor here is a PC motherboard + CPU combination, not an RPi. Yes, it will be far slower than a new PC, but this is still pretty damn cool. To price compare you need to look at a 4+ core processor + modern motherboard + 8GB RAM + 32GB flash (EDIT: 32MB, so meh). I'm sure once you did that you'd find something half the price, but when you consider the volumes involved...
- elihu 6y agoMinor correction: the linked website says 32MB flash, not 32GB. Unless you meant 32GB flash for the micro-SD slot which is presumably sold separately for the SiFive board as it is with the RPi.
- cmrdporcupine 6y agoOops, yeah, thanks for catching.
- justaguy88 6y agoIt's inevitable that someone will make a RISC-V Pi one day
- CameronNemo 6y agoPicoRio is aiming at the Pi price point, but its specs may be lower.
- cmrdporcupine 6y agoI dunno... I mean it's actually smart to not make this a single board machine with built-in GPU, since there isn't really a workable open GPU / display controller solution. So making it a PCIe host that can take any off the shelf GPU neatly solves this problem.
- HeadsUpHigh 6y agoI have high hopes that sifive might be able to make something happen here.
- Pet_Ant 6y agoIF RISC-V ever gets big enough for economy of scales to kickin.