>I'd buy a RISC-V equivalent of A new SiFive devboard is due this summer. Note that while each of their devboards has been cheaper than the previous one, but

>I'd buy a RISC-V equivalent of A new SiFive devboard is due this summer. Note that while each of their devboards has been cheaper than the previous one, but I do not expect it to be under $300. It might even cost a couple hundred more. They do include RAM instead of socketing it, so that makes up for some of the difference. The boards so far use standard smaller ATX form factors. IIRC, new board is meant to be based on P550 CPU, which still doesn't have V extension, so I will personally skip. The ratified V specification is about the minimum I want if I am going to spend more than $150. Right now, VisionFive 2 from Starfive and the newer LM4A stuff from Sipeed are about as good as it gets. During the second half of the year, new options will appear. Next year, there's a lot that we already know of that will happen, like Tenstorrent Ascalon, competitive with Zen5.