Microchip releases Linux-ready consumer RISC-V board with FPGA (crowdsupply.com) 12 points by guiand 6y ago ↗ HN
[–] rwmj 6y ago ↗ At least in theory it should be possible to run Fedora/RISC-V on this (https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Architectures/RISC-V) although at only 2GB the memory size is underwhelming. I have backed it.Can anyone speculate if it would be possible to add NVME using something like this? https://www.amazon.co.uk/StarTech-com-M-2-Adapter-Profile-Ex...
[–] rowanG077 6y ago ↗ Why this half backed open SoC? The CPU has an open source instruction set while the FPGA is complete proprietary garbage. [–] rwmj 5y ago ↗ All FPGAs are "proprietary garbage". Some have been reverse-engineered (like the Lattice) with great effort, but that's the only difference. [–] rowanG077 5y ago ↗ Well by that strict definition all of them are indeed proprietary. But in effect some Lattice and Xilinx FPGAs are usable as if they were not proprietary.
[–] rwmj 5y ago ↗ All FPGAs are "proprietary garbage". Some have been reverse-engineered (like the Lattice) with great effort, but that's the only difference. [–] rowanG077 5y ago ↗ Well by that strict definition all of them are indeed proprietary. But in effect some Lattice and Xilinx FPGAs are usable as if they were not proprietary.
[–] rowanG077 5y ago ↗ Well by that strict definition all of them are indeed proprietary. But in effect some Lattice and Xilinx FPGAs are usable as if they were not proprietary.
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[ 4.5 ms ] story [ 17.4 ms ] threadCan anyone speculate if it would be possible to add NVME using something like this? https://www.amazon.co.uk/StarTech-com-M-2-Adapter-Profile-Ex...