The Milk-V Oasis is an upcoming mini ITX motherboard powered by a Sophgo SG2380 RISC-V processor, a chip that combines a SiFive P670 16-core processor with an integrated SiFive X280 neural processing unit for up to 20 TOPS of AI performance. It’s the latest in a line of RISC-V computers from Chinese startup Milk-V, and the […]
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Qualcomm and Google are bringing RISC-V to Wear OS smartwatches
Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Wear chips have been some of the most popular solutions for smartwatches running Google’s Wear OS software. And now Qualcomm and Google have announced they’re bringing something new to the ecosystem: RISC-V chips. Up until now all of Qualcomm’s smartwatch chips have been based on ARM architecture, but now the company says it’s […]
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Sipeed Lichee Cluster 4A board now available (supports up to 7 RISC-V computer modules)
6 Comments on Sipeed Lichee Cluster 4A board now available (supports up to 7 RISC-V computer modules)Earlier this summer Sipeed launched the Lichee Pi 4A computer board powered by a system-on-a-module with a quad-core RISC-V processor. At the time, Sipeed also announced plans to release a bunch of other products powered by the same module, including a mini-laptop, tablet, and cluster board. The laptop and tablet went up for pre-order recently. […]
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Milk-V Meles is a $99 Raspberry Pi clone with a 2 GHz quad-core RISC-V processor
The Milk-V Meles is a single-board computer that could easily be mistaken for a Raspberry Pi Model B. It’s the same size and has a similar set of ports. But instead of an ARM-based processor, the Meles has a 2 GHz T-Head TH1520 quad-core processor based on RISC-V architecture. It’s the latest addition to a […]
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Lilbits: SiFive previews its next RISC-V CPU, Google kills Pixel Pass, Analogue Pocket Glow in the Dark Edition launched
10 Comments on Lilbits: SiFive previews its next RISC-V CPU, Google kills Pixel Pass, Analogue Pocket Glow in the Dark Edition launchedThe company making some of the most powerful RISC-V processors is previewing its next-gen CPU designs. The latest thing killed by Google is a monthly smartphone + services subscription that was launched less than two years ago (which means it’s ending just before subscribers would have been eligible for a free phone upgrade). And the […]
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Lichee Pad 4A is a RISC-V tablet with a 10 inch display and Android or Debian support
The Sipeed Lichee Pad 4A is a tablet with a 10.1 inch, 1920 x 1200 pixel LCD display, 16GB of LPDDR4X RAM, and 128GB of eMMC storage. It’s also one of a very few tablets announced so far that’s powered by a RISC-V processor. Sipeed hasn’t announced pricing yet, but the company is taking reservations […]
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PineTab-V tablet with a RISC-V chip gets community-supported software builds (including KDE Plasma desktop)
6 Comments on PineTab-V tablet with a RISC-V chip gets community-supported software builds (including KDE Plasma desktop)The PineTab-V is a tablet with a 10.1 inch HD display, at least 4GB of RAM and 64GB of storage, a detachable keyboard, and a $160 starting price. And it’s also one of the first tablets you can buy that’s powered by a RISC-V processor. That makes a tablet with otherwise budget specs pretty exciting… […]
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Qualcomm, NXP, Bosch, Infineon and Nordic team up to work on RISC-V products
Virtually every smartphone available today has a processor based on ARM architecture, and ARM-based chips are also widely used in IoT, automotive, and other applications. But one of the biggest players in the ARM-based processor space has just announced it’s teaming up with other chip makers in hopes of “advancing adoption of RISC-V globally by […]
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Lilbits: Samsung’s new foldables and AMD’s new security vulnerability
Samsung’s newest Galaxy Z foldable phones are up for pre-order. Prices start at about $1000 for the Galaxy Z Flip5 and $1800 for the Galaxy Z Fold5, although various retailers are offering free storage upgrades, gift cards, or other perks to sweeten the deal before the phones are generally available on August 11. Meanwhile, I […]
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Lilbits: A 1-bit camera for the PlayDate, and Sipeed is designing a RISC-V laptop and tablet, but not a smartphone
2 Comments on Lilbits: A 1-bit camera for the PlayDate, and Sipeed is designing a RISC-V laptop and tablet, but not a smartphoneWhen Sipeed launched the Lichee Pi 4A dev board with a RISC-V processor earlier this year, the company also revealed that the system-on-a-module powering the board could be used in other form factors, and that a tablet, router, and cluster board were already under development. Sipeed also said it was developing a Lichee Phone that […]