Subj : Re: Donations
To : Christian Sacks
From : g00r00
Date : Wed Jan 11 2023 09:57 am
CS> g0> I was just about to pull the trigger on an Orange Pi 5 today but CS> g0> then
CS> g0> saw it doesn't have Wifi and Bluetooth, so I am off to check out CS> g0> some
CS> g0> local stores to see if I can get lucky and find stock of anything CS> g0> use
CS>
CS> Something for the future to ponder, would you ever get into trying RISC-V
CS> compatibility? Seems that RISC-V is quickly being something lots of
CS> people are shouting about now, might be a good thing to get into?
CS>
CS> Maybe something like a VisionFive 2 might be something to use in the
CS> future, looks promising.
Yeah absolutely. I think they started adding RISC-V back into 2019 to the compiler I use for Mystic, so assuming its in a usable state I don't see why not.
I do think there is little benefit of RISC-V for a BBS system over existing ARM/Intel. The thing it has going for it is energy efficiency which is great for embedded devices, things that run off of batteries, etc.
But if I am not mistaken it can't hang with Intel in terms of the number of CPU cycles it takes to do things, which means it'll always be better to grab a non-RISC device over RISC for a BBS anyway.
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