It seems the Pioneer and Sifive are desktop boards from what it looks like. The Lichee Pi looks cool too. I can't find Oasis from the link. I assume the Pioneer/Sifive need a CPU while the Lichee Pi is more like R-Pi? Duo looks fun too, you can build security cams like Big Brother.
On Fri, Oct 27, 2023 at 17:54, Peter J. Philipp <[p...@delphinusdns.org](mailto:On Fri, Oct 27, 2023 at 17:54, Peter J. Philipp <<a href=)> wrote: > Hi Lucretia, > > The mentioned boards are here: > > Pioneer and Oasis should be found at: https://milkv.io/ > > Lichee Pi should be found at: > > https://wiki.sipeed.com/hardware/en/lichee/th1520/lpi4a/1_intro.html > > and the mentioned Sifive/Intel P550 was here: > > https://www.sifive.com/boards/hifive-pro-p550 > > Best Regards, > -peter > > On Fri, Oct 27, 2023 at 11:46:24AM +0000, Lucretia wrote: >> 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. > > -- > Over thirty years experience on Unix-like Operating Systems starting with QNX.
