What is RISC-V and why it matters to Canonical
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#2I’m looking forward to using a RISC-V computer in 20 years
Re: What is RISC-V and why it matters to Canonical
#3I’m looking forward to using a RISC-V computer in 20 years
unironically, this.
i've been hearing about arm computer for almost twenty years and only just recently general-purpose decently-priced arm laptops have been released (qualcomm laptops, the macbook neo).
and arm desktop are still not a thing, in practice.
Re: What is RISC-V and why it matters to Canonical
#4I’m looking forward to using a RISC-V computer in 20 years
unironically, this. i've been hearing about arm computer for almost twenty years and only just recently general-purpose decently-priced arm laptops have been released (qualcomm laptops, the macbook neo). and arm desktop are still not a thing, in practice.
Well, Apple M1/M2/etc. are, technically, ARMv8, and they're available as desktops.
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#5I’m looking forward to using a RISC-V computer in 20 years
unironically, this. i've been hearing about arm computer for almost twenty years and only just recently general-purpose decently-priced arm laptops have been released (qualcomm laptops, the macbook neo). and arm desktop are still not a thing, in practice.
I think the Surface Laptops (2018?) count, and arguably the previous models (2012+) sorta-kinda count (tablet + keyboard).
Side note: It's kinda funny to me that "the keyboard is detachable, the screen is glass and you can touch/write on it" makes it "lesser" than a laptop rather than being an upgrade.
But yeah, definitely happy to see more in this space. Now we just need e-Paper laptops to take off as well :)
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#6Earlier quoted context omitted.
unironically, this. i've been hearing about arm computer for almost twenty years and only just recently general-purpose decently-priced arm laptops have been released (qualcomm laptops, the macbook neo). and arm desktop are still not a thing, in practice.
Well, Apple M1/M2/etc. are, technically, ARMv8, and they're available as desktops.
Also the Acorn Archimedes is, technically, an ARM / RISC desktop.
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#7I’m looking forward to using a RISC-V computer in 20 years
While its current performance is not competitive, there are currently interesting options. I got the orange pi riscv version, mainly to test riscv while it's slow compared to other arm socs, it's still better than I expected. There are even risc v TPUs now.
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#8I’m looking forward to using a RISC-V computer in 20 years
This underestimates the will of governments and companies Europe and especially China to reduce their dependency on US-controlled technology.
Re: What is RISC-V and why it matters to Canonical
#9I’m looking forward to using a RISC-V computer in 20 years
unironically, this. i've been hearing about arm computer for almost twenty years and only just recently general-purpose decently-priced arm laptops have been released (qualcomm laptops, the macbook neo). and arm desktop are still not a thing, in practice.
I have an ARM desktop from 1986 or 1987
https://chrisacorns.computinghistory.org.uk/Computers/A500.h...
Re: What is RISC-V and why it matters to Canonical
#10Not my area of expertise but what exactly is the difference between RISC-V and Power PC? Didn't Power-PC get a good run in the 90s and 2000s? Just wondering why there's renewed interest in RISC-like architectures when industry already had a good exploration of that area.