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I complained about hardware perf and viability in another thread. However, there are enough options for enthusiasts / early adopters, including budget HW. I do

I complained about hardware perf and viability in another thread. However, there are enough options for enthusiasts / early adopters, including budget HW. I don't think e.g. PINETAB-V[1] is a desirable/useful general purpose tablet, but it's there if you want to bite. If you're going after an SBC, STAR64[2] also looks OK. [1]: https://pine64.com/product/pinetab-v-10-1-8gb-128gb-risc-v-based-linux-tablet-with-detached-backlit-keyboard/ https://pine64.com/product/pinetab-v-10-1-8gb-128gb-risc-v-b... [2]: https://pine64.com/product/star64-model-a-8gb-single-board-computer/ https://pine64.com/product/star64-model-a-8gb-single-board-c... Just adjust your expectations. x86-64 is the architecture of yesterday, ARM64 is for today, RISC-V looks like the future.

ndsipa_pomu 2y ago
Saw this thread and thought back to that thread as I hadn't heard of Chimera Linux before you mentioned them. Glad to see that they're not dropping RISC-V support for the moment - not that I'm a RISC-V user yet, but I agree that it's the future.
mrbluecoat 2y ago
Before you get too excited.. > nowhere near my original idea of being similar to Cortex-A72; the cores are more comparable to Cortex-A55 in practical performance Once RISC-V has a performance/price ratio of an RK3588 or N100 we can start talking about the future
- brucehoult 2y ago
  If it hadn't been for US sanctions preventing the SG2380 being sent to TSMC for manufacturing, we would have at least one RISC-V machine (Milk-V Oasis) competitive with RK3588 (but 16 A78-equivalent cores) right around now. Also A55 and A72 are quite comparable in practical performance -- on real-world things such as building software, not just micro-benchmarks that only use L1 cache. The Arm SBC market has generally moved away from A74 boards to A55 board with more cores, as they are more energy efficient and cheaper to make too.

ndsipa_pomu 2y ago

Saw this thread and thought back to that thread as I hadn't heard of Chimera Linux before you mentioned them. Glad to see that they're not dropping RISC-V support for the moment - not that I'm a RISC-V user yet, but I agree that it's the future.

mrbluecoat 2y ago

Before you get too excited.. > nowhere near my original idea of being similar to Cortex-A72; the cores are more comparable to Cortex-A55 in practical performance Once RISC-V has a performance/price ratio of an RK3588 or N100 we can start talking about the future

brucehoult 2y ago
If it hadn't been for US sanctions preventing the SG2380 being sent to TSMC for manufacturing, we would have at least one RISC-V machine (Milk-V Oasis) competitive with RK3588 (but 16 A78-equivalent cores) right around now. Also A55 and A72 are quite comparable in practical performance -- on real-world things such as building software, not just micro-benchmarks that only use L1 cache. The Arm SBC market has generally moved away from A74 boards to A55 board with more cores, as they are more energy efficient and cheaper to make too.