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.
