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RISC-V Mainboard for Framework Laptop 13 is now available (frame.work)

submitted 13 hours ago by petsoi@discuss.tchncs.de to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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[–] Unmapped@lemmy.ml 11 points 12 hours ago (3 children)

How usable is this? I don't know much about RISC-V. But when I DL software I only ever see X64 and ARM options.

[–] hperrin@lemmy.ca 15 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

Right now, not very. Basically only open source software can run on it, and only if it’s either exceptionally portable or has been tweaked to compile for it.

In the future, hopefully this is usable for general computing, but right now it’s basically only usable for R&D or niche applications.

The path forward for RISC-V is getting it into more developers’ hands though, so having it available for really nice hardware like the Framework is awesome.

[–] buckykat@hexbear.net 6 points 10 hours ago

Well, the second sentence of the linked post is:

This is very much a developer-focused board to help accelerate maturing the software ecosystem around RISC-V, so we recommend waiting for future RISC-V products if you’re looking for a consumer-ready experience.

So I'm gonna go with not very.

[–] Mihies@programming.dev 8 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (1 children)

Around the Raspberry 5 or lower level from what I read. More for developers than for practical use, but then again, I don't have real world experience with it.

[–] bilb@lem.monster 6 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

Probably even worse than that.

https://www.phoronix.com/review/visionfive2-riscv-benchmarks/2

This has less RAM, but it's the same CPU. You can see it's consistently 3 to 4 times slower than a Raspberry Pi 4! They are not joking about this not being for general use.

A Dev board like this is pretty cool, though. It could help pave the way to a performant board later.