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Pretty recent (44 days ago) HN discussion on ELKS: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42596983 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42596983 - it's doing re

Pretty recent (44 days ago) HN discussion on ELKS: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42596983 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42596983 - it's doing really well and can even run DOOM! (just not on an NES :) ) I can't pick these up for a few reasons (#dayjob and other hobby projects that I don't have enough time/energy to work on properly!), but here's a couple of thoughts that've been percolating for a while that didn't make the last topic: - If I were a 19-year old (and odd) college student thinking about starting something like this again (I picked up the idea from Alan Cox and did the early versions suuuuch a long time ago now!), I'd have targeted the Pi Pico, and been absolutely estatic when the RP2350/Pico 2 came out. You could make a pretty interesting 80/early-90's workstation using a couple of rp2350's (one for frontend, the other to run the hacked-up Linux) w/additional SRAM and Flash. - One can use a 386+ as a memory mapper/protection unit while still running everything the rest of the system in real/v86 mode, in blissful ignorance that it's running on a 32-bit system.

dlcarrier 2y ago
There's a few RISC-V single-chip computers that put the Raspberry-Pi's products to shame. I'm evaluating the Bouffalo Labs BL808 and the Sophgo SG2000 for an upcoming project. They have MMUs and enough integrated RAM to run a mainline POSIX operating system. Both have multiple asymmetric cores that allow one to run a full Linux OS, one to run an RTOS or bare metal, and one for low-power tasks to run while suspended. They're basically as capable as a Pi Zero, but work in a Pi Pico form factor. Check out the Ox64 and Oz64 boards from Pine64 or the Duo series from Milk-V.
- monocasa 2y ago
  The Sophgo chip might be increasingly difficult to put your hands on. Putting them on the entity list was one of the last things the Biden admin did. https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/16/2025-00480/additions-to-the-entity-list https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/16/2025-00...

dlcarrier 2y ago

There's a few RISC-V single-chip computers that put the Raspberry-Pi's products to shame. I'm evaluating the Bouffalo Labs BL808 and the Sophgo SG2000 for an upcoming project. They have MMUs and enough integrated RAM to run a mainline POSIX operating system. Both have multiple asymmetric cores that allow one to run a full Linux OS, one to run an RTOS or bare metal, and one for low-power tasks to run while suspended. They're basically as capable as a Pi Zero, but work in a Pi Pico form factor. Check out the Ox64 and Oz64 boards from Pine64 or the Duo series from Milk-V.

monocasa 2y ago
The Sophgo chip might be increasingly difficult to put your hands on. Putting them on the entity list was one of the last things the Biden admin did. https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/16/2025-00480/additions-to-the-entity-list https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/16/2025-00...