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RISC-V chip based on XuanTie C906, with HDMI, running Debian, starting at 12.5$
- b20000 6y agoA quad core A17 is less than that at quantities under 1K pieces so why bother? When I looked at RISC-V I was hoping I would be able to get something similar to ARM SoCs but without the large number of peripherals I don't care about, like video decoders, jpeg decoders and what not. All I wanted was just a lot of ARM cores in an SoC, and if possible multiple I2S ports or at least a bus I can attach an FPGA to which can handle multiple I2S ports for me. Or perhaps an ARM SoC with onboard FPGA. That already exists but again too many useless peripherals and not enough CPU cores.
- iseanstevens 6y agoIt’s a process to get there. To reach ecosystem scale people need to buy things. You can spin your own RISC-V chip but to get exactly what you want inexpensively you will need to get lots of others to buy it also.
- b20000 6y agoIMHO it's a battle that can't be won anymore. NVIDIA did buy ARM, so if they screw it up then RISC-V has a chance. If not, then ARM will stay ahead unless some miracle happens.