I’ve been thinking about acquiring one of these for a while, because RISC-V sounds quite interesting, but I think I should ask about it here before I spend money on this stuff and the shipping…
First of all, how well does it run Linux? It appears that MangoPi uses their own distro, so I could imagine that a standard one wouldn’t run… I don’t know about the Sipeed chips. Did anyone here try?
Secondly, which specific model do you have? It’s a little hard to get an overview of what’s currently available (MangoPi and Sipeed are the only two that I know), I would appreciate a list or just the name of the one you have.
And, in general, what’s it like? Does the shipping take long? What are you using it for?
Oh but there is all this stuff.
https://linuxgizmos.com/this-under-6-sbc-runs-linux-on-risc-v-based-c-sky-chip/
https://linuxgizmos.com/1ghz-risc-v-sbc-launches-at-39/
The up to 1GHz, single-core processor provides 2.4 DMIPS/MHz(O2) and 3.8 CoreMark/MHz(O3) performance. This compares to 7.1/MHz CoreMark for the XuanTie 910
https://linuxgizmos.com/risc-v-based-allwinner-chip-to-debut-on-13-linux-hacker-board/
https://linuxgizmos.com/risc-v-gains-new-performance-leader-with-alibabas-16-core-xt-910/
“September, 12nm FinFET due” https://www.anandtech.com/show/15991/hot-chips-2020-live-blog-alibaba-xuantie910-riscv-cpu-300pm-pt