[email protected] writes: > From: Dan Ritter <[email protected]> > Sorta but not really? > > https://frame.work/products/deep-computing-risc-v-mainboard is > the closest thing to that, I think, and the caveats are > significant:
I was thinking that in order to get a processor family "ready for prime time" in consumer-type systems, you not only have to get the CPU architecture (as it is usually thought of) working, but also a lot of hardware/kernel/software conventions regarding how it interacts with the memory, power control, I/O devices, BIOS, etc. Those aren't interesting from an academic point of view, so you can't get the universities to do the work. But with RISC-V, there's no manufacturer with a monopoly on the CPU chips that will make enough money with its success to sponsor/subsidize all that interface work. Dale _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] https://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
