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The CV1800B on the original 64 MB Milk-V Duo does not have an Arm core. It is otherwise very similar to the 256 MB and 512 MB SG2000 chips (Sophgo bought CVITEC
by brucehoult 2y ago
The CV1800B on the original 64 MB Milk-V Duo does not have an Arm core. It is otherwise very similar to the 256 MB and 512 MB SG2000 chips (Sophgo bought CVITECH, so the CV -> SG is just a rename)
- sylware 2y agoWell, we can all expect sophgo will refrain putting ARM cores in their SOC in the future :( (... and I would not mind displayport instead of hdmi and av1/opus codec block instead of a mpeg one neither... 0 royalties...)
- dlcarrier 2y agoAll MP3, MP4, and H.264 patents have expired, so you don't have to worry there. I don't get why more hardware doesn't adopt DisplayPort, though. At least HDMI ports accept DVI signals, and DVI is also in the public domain.
- sylware 2y agoI mostly agree with you, but nowadays codec blocks are mostly h.265 and ac3 :( They are smart as they will just do a little bit more things in a new codec and renew their patents. The thing is displayport, yep, something is off here, hardware ppl don't need a expensive hdmi connector, just another USB-C... I wonder if the HDMI people are not doing things in the shadow to end up favored... That said, I have to point the fact, those patents are only valid in some countries, namely subject to royalties (USA, UK, Japan... but not EU for instance). I don't know why raspberry is not selling some of their SOCs with the ARM blocks hard disabled at sell time, namely they did not pay for the ARM royalties. In the end, it is near impossible to buy all those RISC-V boards in my country with a noscript/basic (x)html browser, and if possible with wallet codes (or bank swift) instead of a credit card.