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Framework: A new RISC-V Mainboard from DeepComputing
- pbronez 2y agoPretty cool! This is significant because it’s Framework’s first 3rd party mainboard AND their first non-x86 mainboard. Interesting that they’ve added RISC-V before ARM. Wonder if anyone’s working on that. There are so many ARM SBC designs out there, you’d think it would be straightforward (though obviously not trivial) to adapt one of those designs to the Framework mainboard format.
- geocrasher 2y agoFramework didn't do anything. They're just announcing what somebody else did, which was to make a motherboard that has a RISC-V processor in it, which fit a Framework laptop.
- bee_rider 2y agoBuilding an ecosystem where this could just happen without their direct involvement isn’t nothing, and it is cool to see this proof of the concept.
- geocrasher 2y agoYou are correct. I should have said that Framework didn't build the board. They made its creation in that form factor possible.
- gorkish 2y ago> Framework didn't do anything. I get your point, but there's simply no way this happened in a vacuum, at least not in this case. IMO it is far more important to acknowledge the things that Framework /did do/ in support of this project, even if a lot of that work simply came from properly publishing design specs, mechanical drawings, and other documentation. It's very encouraging to see Framework actively support and promote the 3rd party ecosystem around their products, designs, and specs.
- pbronez 2y agoDupe of https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40718124 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40718124
- lovedaddy 2y agoWell just pre-ordered the 120hz amd. If the RiscV drops in, I'm going to be very impressed.
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- westurner 2y agoWhat is the battery life like; maybe in ops/kwhr? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40719630 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40719630
- brucehoult 2y agoThe JH7110 CPU and 8 GB RAM on e.g. the VisionFive 2 uses about 5W of power at full load. Battery life is going to be determined by your screen brightness, not the CPU.
- westurner 2y agoFrom the reddit link in my this flgged (?) comment: > About three years ago, I came across information that the RISC-V U74 core had roughly 1.8 times lower performance per clock compared to the ARM Cortex-A53. Are there other advantages? What is the immediate marginal cost of an ARM license per core(s)?
- snvzz 2y agoLikely to do with such information being unsourced, and contradicting every documented benchmark. U74 does very easily outdo A53 in performance, power and area.