I've only used R-Pi and intel/AMD, what kind of setup are the Risc-V you are looking at? On Wikipedia it says there are embedded, desktop, and servers that use it. I can't say I'd be in for joining with a one for me, one for a developer but I might be interested if I knew more. Shipping to Kyrgyzstan might not be pretty either.
On Fri, Oct 27, 2023 at 17:30, Peter J. Philipp <[p...@delphinusdns.org](mailto:On Fri, Oct 27, 2023 at 17:30, Peter J. Philipp <<a href=)> wrote: > Hi, > > I have very little insight other than google news what it means that the > flagship of risc-v, a company called sifive, had a lot of layoffs. I have > heard scarecrow stories of the US Chip Act or something that the US is moving > anti-riscv. > > I have three riscv computers right now, all of them come out of China and > one of them uses sifive cpu's, so it's half american. I had planned to > buy more american risc-v but the politics around chips and riscv aren't > particularily positive. > > I can probably forget buying a Sifive/Intel P550 now. It was in competition > with a Lichee Pi or a Milk-V Oasis-type board. And now the choice from three > became two. I want this as my workstation. I wrote about this before and it > was suggested to me that I get a Milk-V Pioneer but I can't afford the > electric bill for that, I figure. > > So, I have to ask does anyone have interesting insights as to perhaps US or > European riscv efforts? I would buy if affordable and competive with what > Chinese manufacturers are offering. I do believe risc-v with its openness > is my favourite architecture so far. Also, I told my close ones, that I > won't be buying for just myself but also for someone at OpenBSD (so twice) > as riscv is still bleeding edge somewhat especially on the desktop. > > I was very happy with what was announced with the Oasis board. The price is > right ($120) to perhaps get two boards to OpenBSD here, given that someone > at OpenBSD wants to give it a turn to do development on it, and they might > be able to do it with two+ people. I have been looking around others who in > the past wanted to donate and we could possibly get an even larger donation > together, given, only if there is interest in the OpenBSD developer community. > > That was a few weeks ago before Oasis was announced for the Lichee Pi, but I > think the Oasis to me is a lot more interesting than a Lichee Pi and may be > cheaper in the end. One particular nice thing about it is my interpretation > that it has non-soldered on RAM. > > Let me know if you have some answers and if potentially anyone is available to > receive Oasis-type boards perhaps after Christmas, I'll be following up with > a purchase in March 2024 or so. By then there might be even sweeter deals > considering how fast this all moves, we should see then. > > Best Regards, > -peter > > -- > Over thirty years experience on Unix-like Operating Systems starting with QNX.
