« BackWhat is RISC-V and why it matters to Canonicalubuntu.comSubmitted by fork-bomber 2 days ago
  • mcdow an hour ago

    I’m looking forward to using a RISC-V computer in 20 years

    • 3abiton 43 minutes ago

      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.

      • ninth_ant 23 minutes ago

        This underestimates the will of governments and companies Europe and especially China to reduce their dependency on US-controlled technology.

        • znpy an hour ago

          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.

          • Joker_vD an hour ago

            Well, Apple M1/M2/etc. are, technically, ARMv8, and they're available as desktops.

            • Joeboy an hour ago

              Also the Acorn Archimedes is, technically, an ARM / RISC desktop.

            • andai an hour ago

              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 :)

              • mavhc 20 minutes ago

                I have an ARM desktop from 1986 or 1987

                https://chrisacorns.computinghistory.org.uk/Computers/A500.h...

            • stuxnet79 11 minutes ago

              Not 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.

              • Animats 8 minutes ago

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