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> open/libre/trustworthy potential It's not just potential but actual: Those Raptor workstations and servers already have coreboot firmware and run Linux (and
by guerrilla 5y ago
> open/libre/trustworthy potential
It's not just potential but actual: Those Raptor workstations and servers already have coreboot firmware and run Linux (and whatever BSDs run on PPC today.)
- neilv 5y agoAgreed for current, over recent years. But what about near-future, with multiple sources of performant RISC-V CPUs? And will a larger variety of boards follow, possibly including very libre ones like Raptor does for Power?
- tcmart14 5y agoI don't want to put words in the mouth of who you are responding to, but here would be my assumption. PPC is probably in a better position for mass distribution in the short term. Where as RISC-V still has some time to go before we can get there at modern performance in a package that goes in consumer hardware. Also, just have more architectures means more possibilities of design decisions and more choice, which is always good.
- nine_k 5y agoCould you please point at a source of currently available performant RISC-V CPUs, something comparable to Intel's lower-end mobile chips like, say, Intel i3 from 5-7 years ago? I used to think that current RISC-V offers are approximately in the ARM A57 league.