A hardware and software hacker created a physical music player with a Winamp-inspired user interface. You can now jailbreak the latest version of feature phone operating system KaiOS on the Nokia 2780 Flip. And a useful app for Android-based media streamers has been booted from the Google Play Store… basically because it has a web […]
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Sipeed Lichee Pi 4A is a modular RISC-V mini PC with up to 16GB RAM
Sipeed’s Lichee Pi 4A is a compact computer that the company says offers better performance than a Raspberry Pi 4. But it has a few key features that set it apart from Raspberry Pi’s devices. First, the Lichee Pi 4A is powered by a RISC-V processor. Second, it supports up to 16GB of RAM. And […]
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Lilbits: ARM won’t ship license some high-performance designs to Chinese companies
ARM isn’t going to license its most powerful chip designs to Alibaba or other Chinese companies after determining that doing so would probably violate US and UK trade rules meant to stop companies from selling tech to Chinese companies that could have military applications. In other recent tech news from around the web, Sipeed has […]
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Sipeed M1s DOCK is a tiny RISC-V dev board for $11
The Sipeed M1s DOCK is a tiny single-board computer with two USB Type-C ports, a microSD card reader, camera and display connectors, support for WiFi 4, Bluetooth 5 and Zigbee wireless communications, and a set of UART/I2C/SPI/and other pins for expansion. Available from AliExpress for less than $11 (plus $7 to ship to the United States), the […]
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Lilbits: Is this the Pixel Fold?
Google is widely believed to be working on its first smartphone with a foldable OLED display. While the company hasn’t officially confirmed anything, details have been leaking for more than a year, and it would certainly make sense – the company has put a lot of effort recently into making Android an operating system that […]
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This $5 dock turns the $17 Sipeed Lichee RV into a fully functional RISC-V computer
The Sipeed Lichee RV is an inexpensive computer-on-a-module featuring an Allwinner D1 RISC-V processor, 512MB of RAM, and a microSD card reader for storage. First announced in November, it’s a module that you could theoretically use as a standalone computer thanks to an onboard USB-OTG port, it’s missing a few features like a display output. […]
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Lilbits: Google’s Tensor SoC, RISC-V phones, WSATools, and more
This year’s Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro smartphones are the first to ship with Google’s Tensor GS101 processor (which is the same chip that the company is expected to use in the upcoming Pixel 6a). But according to YouTuber Marques Brownlee makes the claim that Google had planned to use the chip in last […]
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Sipeed LicheeRV is a $17 computer module with a RISC-V 64-bit processor
Sipeed’s new LicheeRV is a tiny computer-on-a-module featuring a 64-bit RISC-V processor, 512MB of RAM, a microSD card for storage and a USB-C port for power and/or debugging. While the tiny computer isn’t exactly a speed demon, with prices starting as low as $17, it’s one of the most affordable RISC-V computers to date. It […]