--- crowd-funded eco-conscious hardware: https://www.crowdsupply.com/eoma68
On Thu, Nov 17, 2016 at 9:09 PM, Paul Boddie <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thursday 3. November 2016 15.59.16 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote: >> what's the name of the group behind it, and who is in that group? >> there's been a lot of publications and discussions online about risc-v >> - it should not be hard to find what they're planning as it is >> extremely likely that it's been discussed online for several months if >> not years. > > We at least know who is fabricating their product: > > https://www.crowdsupply.com/providers/electronics-fabrication/taiwan- > semiconductor > > That's rather interesting because I had the impression that TSMC was really > for people committing to huge volumes, with orders covered by highly secretive > contracts, which isn't what you'd normally associate with a crowdfunding > campaign. But maybe they like to keep their older foundries busy with smaller- > volume orders like this. yeah i investigated TSMC some time ago, iirc they still have down to .36 micron, typically used for power transistors and so on. they'll almost certainly have .18 micron and 65nm - all of these will be highly cost-effective (lots of competition), not in huge demand, and would also be a good proving-ground for an effort such as a RISC-V slow-speed 32-bit processor. l. _______________________________________________ arm-netbook mailing list [email protected] http://lists.phcomp.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/arm-netbook Send large attachments to [email protected]
