Can RISC-V – Linux of Microprocessors – Start an Open Hardware Renaissance?

https://www.darrentoback.com/can-risc-v-linux-of-microprocessors-start-an-open-hardware-renaissance

RISC-V is an interesting open hardware CPU. It is the most promising open CPU design, but can it succeed in competitive CPU market? 

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  1. Tomi Engdahl says:

    Anton Shilov / Tom’s Hardware:
    At the 2025 RISC-V Summit in China, Nvidia says CUDA will now be compatible with RISC-V’s instruction set architecture, making RISC-V a viable x86 and Arm rival

    Nvidia’s CUDA platform now supports RISC-V — support brings open source instruction set to AI platforms, joining x86 and Arm
    https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/nvidias-cuda-platform-now-supports-risc-v-support-brings-open-source-instruction-set-to-ai-platforms-joining-x86-and-arm

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  2. Tomi Engdahl says:

    https://etn.fi/index.php/13-news/17718-nyt-se-tuli-maailman-ensimmaeinen-risc-v-tabletti

    Pine64 on julkaissut maailman ensimmäisen täysin toimivan RISC-V-arkkitehtuuriin perustuvan tabletin – PineTab-V:n. Laitteen myyntihinta alkaa 159 dollarista, ja se on varustettu Debian-pohjaisella Linuxilla. RISC-V on jo pitkään herättänyt kiinnostusta avoimen lähdekoodin prosessoriarkkitehtuurina, mutta konkreettisia kuluttajalaitteita ei ole tähän mennessä juuri nähty. Tilanne on nyt muuttunut: PineTab-V on markkinoiden ensimmäinen käyttövalmis RISC-V-tabletti, joka tarjoaa käyttäjälle GNOME-työpöydän, verkkoselaimen, tekstinkäsittelyn ja jopa yksinkertaisten pelien pelaamisen.

    PineTab-V:n sisällä sykkii StarFive JH7110 ‑piiri, jossa on neliytiminen 64-bittinen RISC-V-prosessori (SiFive U74) ja Imaginationin BXE-4-32 ‑grafiikkapiiri. Laitteessa on 10,1-tuumainen IPS-näyttö (1280×800), 2 MP etukamera ja 5 MP takakamera. Tabletti on saatavana kahtena versiona:

    4 GB RAM / 64 GB eMMC
    8 GB RAM / 128 GB eMMC

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  3. Tomi Engdahl says:

    Sipeed NanoCluster is a small cluster board that takes up to 7 system-on-modules.
    https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/08/05/sipeed-nanocluster-palm-sized-cluster-board-takes-up-to-7-system-on-modules/

    It works with Raspberry Pi CM4 and CM5, as well as Sipeed LM3H and MN4N modules, and features an 8-port RISC-V Gigabit Ethernet switch for inter-module communication.

    It can be used to experiment with K3s lightweight version of Kubernetes, distcc distributed compilation, Nomad PlayBook automated deployment script, and other distributed computing applications.

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  4. Tomi Engdahl says:

    Linus Torvalds calls RISC-V code from Google engineer ‘garbage’ and says it ‘makes the world actively a worse place to live’ — Linux honcho puts dev on notice for late submissions, too
    News
    By Mark Tyson published August 10, 2025
    Pull request got rejected for Linux 6.17. And as a late submission, it already lit Torvald’s fuse.

    https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/linus-torvalds-calls-risc-v-code-from-google-engineer-garbage-and-that-it-makes-the-world-actively-a-worse-place-to-live-linux-honcho-puts-dev-on-notice-for-late-submissions-too

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