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Europe bets once again on RISC-V for supercomputing

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Re: Europe bets once again on RISC-V for supercomputing

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Post by Palomides »

mrweasel wrote: post #2

If we want this to go anywhere, not just super computing, the first step is to get devices, useful devices, in the hands of enthusiast. That means funding projects similar to the Raspberry Pi, but for RISC-V, and perhaps mini-itx boards. We need these cheap-ish computers in the hands of people who will port software to the platform. Without a good selection of ready to go software, the hardware is pretty irrelevant.

98% of debian packages build for riscv already, and a variety of pi like boards are available

Re: Europe bets once again on RISC-V for supercomputing

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Post by ndsipa_pomu »

matt-p wrote: post #7

Surely arm is a better choice?

Depends on what criteria you use for "better". ARM is surely more advanced technologically, but RISC-V may be a more future-proof decision as you're not necessarily tied in to one company that may change their licensing costs in the future.

Re: Europe bets once again on RISC-V for supercomputing

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Post by ndsipa_pomu »

throwaway888abc wrote: post #8

China recently moved that direction. That would be nice collaboration to see between EU and China. China to publish policy to boost RISC-V chip use nationwide, sources say https://www.reuters.com/technology/china-publish-policy-boos...

I think it'd be nice for collaboration across all nations that want to take part.

Re: Europe bets once again on RISC-V for supercomputing

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Post by anotherhue »

mrweasel wrote: post #2

If we want this to go anywhere, not just super computing, the first step is to get devices, useful devices, in the hands of enthusiast. That means funding projects similar to the Raspberry Pi, but for RISC-V, and perhaps mini-itx boards. We need these cheap-ish computers in the hands of people who will port software to the platform. Without a good selection of ready to go software, the hardware is pretty irrelevant.

The framework main board is surely that?

https://frame.work/products/deep-computing-risc-v-mainboard

Re: Europe bets once again on RISC-V for supercomputing

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Post by littlestymaar »

anotherhue wrote: post #17
mrweasel wrote: post #2

If we want this to go anywhere, not just super computing, the first step is to get devices, useful devices, in the hands of enthusiast. That means funding projects similar to the Raspberry Pi, but for RISC-V, and perhaps mini-itx boards. We need these cheap-ish computers in the hands of people who will port software to the platform. Without a good selection of ready to go software, the hardware is pretty irrelevant.

The framework main board is surely that? https://frame.work/products/deep-computing-risc-v-mainboard

Awesome, thanks for sharing that.
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