Lichee Pi 4A: Serious RISC-V Desktop Computing
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День томуSipeed Lichee Pi 4A RISC-V SBC review and Debian demo. This is the first RISC-V computer I’ve tested that's provided a usable desktop computing experience right out of the box. End-user RISC-V is starting to arrive! :)
You can learn more about the Lichee Pi 4A on its web page here:
sipeed.com/licheepi4a
And the board has excellent documentation here:
wiki.sipeed.com/licheepi4a.html
Note that the hardware I used in this video was purchased from AliExpress:
www.aliexpress.com/item/10050...
The "RISC-V Week" experiment I discussed at the end of the video has now happened -- video here: • RISC-V Week: 7 days on...
I have reviewed four previous RISC-V SBCs, including the StarFive VisionFive 2, which also (after some messing around) provides a good desktop experience:
• VisionFive 2: RISC-V Q...
I also have an 2023 update on RISC-V developments here:
• RISC-V 2023 Update: Fr...
And my general introduction to RISC-V is here:
• Explaining RISC-V: An ...
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Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
00:45 Unboxing
03:33 Specifications
07:26 First Boot
10:37 Debian Demo
18:10 Another Milestone
#RISC-V #LicheePi #Debian #explainingcomputers
@ScoopexUs 8 місяців тому
It's like being transported to a parallel universe where hardware and software engineers do things right!
@ExplainingComputers 8 місяців тому
:)
@Epsilonsama 7 місяців тому
The fact that RISC-V systems are starting to become mature enough to be used for regular desktop use is huge. A couple of years ago that would have been considered a pipe dream.
@ExplainingComputers 7 місяців тому
Agreed.
@TempoLOOKING 4 місяці тому
Still no bios.
@robertsmith2956 Місяць тому
my sun system is 25 years old and runs on RISK.
@notNajimi Місяць тому
@@robertsmith2956RISC CPUs aren’t new, but the RISC-V ISA is. Although it’s pretty sad that Sun’s SPARC didn’t make it big
@sbc_tinkerer 8 місяців тому
Blessed Sunday greetings all!
@ExplainingComputers 8 місяців тому
Greetings!
@feliksszyszka 8 місяців тому
Greetings indeed!
@MarquisDeSang 8 місяців тому
Your channel is the only tech channel talking about the actual future of computing.
@elixier33 8 місяців тому
I doubt risc is the future of Computing
@MarquisDeSang 8 місяців тому
@@lurch789 Because normies are just interested in tomorrow (as in the next day) and gamers are stupid (when looking at the AAA trash they buy full of DLC and WOKE stuff).
@terrydaktyllus1320 8 місяців тому
You clearly need lessons on how to search UKposts - Chris has an excellent channel, but there are many others.
@knerduno5942 8 місяців тому
Holmes and Maleficent would disagree there is no future in RISC ukposts.info/have/v-deo/r4CjiaONoISQlpc.html
@lawrenceallwright7041 8 місяців тому
@@wotzinator6282 ...and that's what is so great. Explaining Computers isn't always about generating views and revenue streams, allowing him to explore niche areas which won't appeal to the masses, but that's great for something a little different to the hundreds of shouty US channels. Sponsored by Balls, Balls, Big Balls, Small Balls Ball Bearing Factory.
@mwolfer1 8 місяців тому
We'll run out of fruit pretty soon if the venerable Lychee (although under a pseudonym) has to be pressed into service; maybe the next wave of SBCs will be named after some solid veggies: Rutabaga Pi, Green Asparagus Tart, and so on.
@ChuffingNorah 8 місяців тому
Howsabout the Lemon? Oopsy, I forgot, that was the Armstrad E-Mailer!
@Praxibetel-Ix 8 місяців тому
Asparagus tart? Yucky. 😝
@Colin_Ames 8 місяців тому
Heaven forbid!
@lawrencedoliveiro9104 8 місяців тому
Lots more tropical fruits: starfruit, jackfruit, cempedak, papaya, rambutan, guava, mangosteen (jambu batu) as well as something called a “rose apple” (jambu air), durian (if you must) ...
@robertsmith2956 3 місяці тому
nahh. Time to go meats. Gator Pi, Moose Pi, and of course panda pi for the chinese.
@lmcalhoun 8 місяців тому
How exciting! I am eager to see RISC-V rise as a viable, open-source alternative to the proprietary, closed chipsets. Can't wait for your week long experiment!
@bingusbongus9807 8 місяців тому
same! i love how this may allow things to be both cheaper and better in the future, and the potential to reduce the secrecy and possible back doors in modern processors
@albertopajuelomontes2066 8 місяців тому
only the ISA is open but the actual hardware is closed
@hanifarroisimukhlis5989 8 місяців тому
@@albertopajuelomontes2066 Depends, some people open their hardware as VHDL. You can literally load RISC-V on a FPGA and tinker with it. Others however sells design, usually with higher spec (like SiFive).
@oj0024 8 місяців тому
While it isn't open, the cpu is partially open sourced (openc910), afaik they only removed the pre ratification vector extension implementation in the part they open sources.
@williamhorton9763 8 місяців тому
Very exciting... indeed!
@GustavoMsTrashCan 8 місяців тому
At this rate, RISC-V will catch up with ARM and even provide superior performance! How exciting is that!
@davidg2861 7 місяців тому
It would be interesting to compare joules per benchmark run, e.g running a prime sieve, a standard graphics test, etc. E.g compared to various RPi models. I presume that given it wants the fan it won't be group leader, but still... it would be an interesting comparison to see.
@peterbrown6224 8 місяців тому
Astonishingly easy, acceptably glitchy. I hope that your RISC-V week entices another 1,053K devotees. I'd love to see you reach 2M this year.
@SmokeGrinder 8 місяців тому
It's always great to see that a SBC will work straight out of the box with the included Linux distro. It indicates a significant degree of care for the customers, present, future and repeat.
@BrianRonald 8 місяців тому
It has only now occurred to me, a couple of hours after watching, that this isn't, in fact, a SBC...
@BruceHoult 8 місяців тому
@@BrianRonald technically true. Sipeed make a lot of their boards this way e.g. see Lichee RV CM and Lichee RV Dock, M1s Module and M1s Dock.
@terrydaktyllus1320 8 місяців тому
I don't understand people that make comments like you have - SBCs are supposed to be aimed at hobbyists and makers who are used to messing around with hardware and software. As a member of such communities myself, I really could care less whether or not an SBC comes with Linux (or any OS) pre-installed, because I will install my own distro of choice (Gentoo) on it anyway. If you don't know how to install Linux yourself then, in my opinion, you really shouldn't be using it and stick with consumer-grade hardware that has the OS pre-installed for you and some kind of warranty that protects you from your own lack of skills - whether that's a Microsoft or Apple device, or a Steam Deck. SBCs are not consumer-grade devices and should not be treated as such - they are for people who know how to investigate hardware and configure Linux themselves to add to the knowledge of the community. Even this device is in its early stages, work clearly needs to be done on the desktop OS (there's clearly still some lag in Chris' video) and the video drivers themselves need work. Someone who expects Linux to be pre-installed would not be happy with the performance of this device, and just blame Linux for it.
@darththuban00 8 місяців тому
@@terrydaktyllus1320totally on point. His comment has more than hundred votes.. What is happening to the world!
@terrydaktyllus1320 8 місяців тому
@@darththuban00 Each to their own, I don't see the number of comments as being a metric of the quality of a comment anyway - given that UKposts provides channels of interesting topics that naturally create echo chambers of themselves anyway. I have simply been around computers long enough to take an engineering perspective of any system, and try to look at it subjectively. I actively encourage everyone to become better informed when it comes to computing and I myself give workshops and free training to both younger and older people to that end. So I am not, in any way, trying to create a "niche community" or anything like that, but I think too many people get pulled in by "FOMO" without realising that a time and effort commitment needs to be made to get these non-consumer devices working well. But thanks for your comment, it is appreciated.
@lawrencedoliveiro9104 8 місяців тому
4:18 Fun fact: Imagination is what’s left of the company that used to own and license the MIPS architecture patents. As far as they’re concerned, that was yesterday’s business, and they have gone all in on RISC-V now.
@boydpukalo8980 8 місяців тому
Wow I did not think Chromium had been ported to RISC-V yet! Nice to see the platform progressing.
@CCoburn3 8 місяців тому
They've made significant process since your last RISC-V video. It won't be long before RISC-V gives ARM a run for its money. And if they keep making progress at this rate, Intel and AMD had better take notice.
@CCoburn3 8 місяців тому
@@wotzinator6282 Unless the economy collapses (as seems likely), I doubt you will have that long to wait. They seem to be making progress very quickly.
@another3997 8 місяців тому
It's really not that simple. The ISA is open, but individual, high performance chip designs using it, probably aren't going to be free or open. Just like Apple has done with their own ARM based CPUs, which aren't shared with anyone. ARM has had decades of development, it has a proven track record, and a huge infrastructure behind it. So does x86. Risc V has none of those yet. Will it ever? Only time will tell.
@CCoburn3 8 місяців тому
@@another3997 But even if the chip designs are proprietary, they must all conform to the same standard. And that provides a huge benefit for software development. Plus there is a huge incentive to develop chips that use the RISC-V standard because these chips won’t have to pay licensing fees.
@terrydaktyllus1320 8 місяців тому
@@wotzinator6282 What's wrong with Linux desktops with Intel and AMD CPUs at their heart? Or is there something wrong with those that stops you enjoying Linux now? Are you just another person I call "YARs" - "Yet Another Reason" to not do something to hide my own procrastination.
@terrydaktyllus1320 8 місяців тому
@@wotzinator6282 Sure, so am I - I currently run Gentoo Linux on Raspberry Pi's, 32-bit and 64-bit Intel and AMD CPUs, Xeon, and even a SPARC platform. And if another platform comes along that is interesting to try out, like RISC, then I may have a go on that also. But I am an engineer, I look at what's around now, I have too much to do without wondering too much about what is coming next. I just find that a strange way to think.
@brucoder 8 місяців тому
Thank you, Christopher and a massive congratulations to SiPEED for delivering this excellent entry into the RISC-V ecosystem. Trying to get 2 into the lab here.
@user-retrofit 8 місяців тому
Finally, some RISC-V review again😃 Really excited to see development of open architecture.
@quademasters249 8 місяців тому
Love your SBC reviews.
@jonathanleach3914 8 місяців тому
Excellent. Great to see progress on this platform
@johncundiff7075 8 місяців тому
Wow, I love your enthusiasm with this new SBC! I cant wait to see Risc week! Love this!
@gloiloidn5752 8 місяців тому
RISC-V development is progressing impressively. 7 days with RISC-V would be an awesome video!
@Cyberbeni 8 місяців тому
@@lurch789 If you want a cheap low-power basic PC, Intel is much better for that. Both Amazon and Chinese sites are full of mini PCs with J4105, J4125, N5105, N100, etc. processors. It would've been nice to see what other stuff can this board do instead of just showing the connectors and then doing a basic desktop usage showcase.
@robbruno8246 8 місяців тому
Hearing Chris surprised is a real treat, well done.
@arxaaron 8 місяців тому
Thanks for continuing explorations and updates on the RiscV world! Very exciting progress indeed!
@anurasenarathna1703 8 місяців тому
As always a good video. Glad to see that RISC-V is progressing and this is certainly good news for for SBC enthusiasts. All the best for your RISC-v week.
@philipprudhomme6967 8 місяців тому
Chris, it's been great to see you so pleased that something actually works! Great video, thank you.
@zacmitchell_1984 8 місяців тому
Excited to see this one!🎉 Good luck with your risc v week!
@shaunbrowne3963 8 місяців тому
My Sunday morning is now complete! Christopher, your enthusiasm for Risk-5 hardware, particularly this Lichiee board, is infectious, and motivating this dyed-in-the-wool Mac user running now unsupported OS, with a strong sence that it's time for a complete OS update! Thank you!
@davelowe1977 8 місяців тому
Hands up all those that remember RISC the first time around.
@ExplainingComputers 8 місяців тому
All ARM, and the new Apple M1 and M2 processors, are RISC. RISC never went away! RISC-V is just another, specific RISC implementation.
@call_me_stan5887 8 місяців тому
@@ExplainingComputers true :)
@lawrencedoliveiro9104 8 місяців тому
If you look in the Top500 supercomputer list, you will see machines based on IBM’s POWER architecture - another RISC-class system. Also China has its home-grown high-performance “Loongarch”, which some say is reminiscent of MIPS - also RISC.
@dfs-comedy 8 місяців тому
This is great; I'm glad to see a RISC-V board that seems pretty fast with a good user experience.
@felicytatomaszewska2934 8 місяців тому
Risc V is a game changing initiative and we all should actively support it in the sense that our next PC should a Risc V machine. I hope someone takes similar initiative for graphics card (GPU) so that we can avoid the premiums and shortage of GPU. The success of Risc V should facilitate more and more hardware becoming open source which is not only great for budget but learning as well.
@flintfrommother3gaming 8 місяців тому
*only great
@Oktokolo 8 місяців тому
Sorry, but if it doesn't support 4k gaming, it won't become my next PC. Those boards are most likely meant to make China less dependent on foreign components. And they are perfect for that as you don't need a beefy PC for most industrial and administrative applications. They are also nice for network appliances not needing too much throughput. I too hope that Risc V will eventually become a viable alternative for workstations or gaming. But that will most likely take a few more years...
@maxxdahl6062 5 місяців тому
@@Oktokolo SBC's would be the last place I'd look for hardcore gaming.
@Oktokolo 5 місяців тому
@@maxxdahl6062 Yep, that's what i said.
@jimlynch9390 8 місяців тому
Thanks for the update on RISC-V. I'm looking forward to the future of this architecture.
@DFX2KX 8 місяців тому
That is a surprisingly nice unboxing and end-user experience for an SBC, especially a RISC-V SBC.
@merthyr1831 8 місяців тому
RISC-V is improving so incredibly quickly. This is amazing progress. Just a year ago this kind of performance and user experience would have been unheard of! I'd love to get a RISC-V mini system at some point to play around with
@Razor_Burn 8 місяців тому
it's amazing to see RISC-V SBCs come along with working software. it's still early days but you're right to be excited so thanks for sharing what was a fun video 🎉
@call_me_stan5887 8 місяців тому
Why would there be a hardware without software - sounds useless, does not it? If they want to sell it, it'd better be widely supported by multiple software.
@SteveRowe 8 місяців тому
Thanks for giving the Risc V some love. I've been watching excitedly as boards become available.
@joeg3950 8 місяців тому
Fantastic! I can’t wait to try out a RISC-V board. Thank you for the content!
@PhG1961 8 місяців тому
Great preview, can't wait to see the next video!
@RalphHightower 8 місяців тому
Your enthusiasm is contagious. I'm buying the 16 GB model. Can't wait for the 7 slot motherboard!
@Colin_Ames 8 місяців тому
Interesting video, as always. I loved your excitement when the thing actually worked out of the box.
@chriholt 8 місяців тому
Very impressive RISC-V SBC. I especially liked that you showed the actual first boot!
@ExplainingComputers 8 місяців тому
Greetings Chris.
@carnby24 8 місяців тому
thanks for the exposure on these rare boards
@hazard1nc 8 місяців тому
I think this is the first real risc-v smb ive seen working, in the wild! Love it so far, gonna have to look into it. Thanks for sharing this board!
@richardpalmanteer9798 8 місяців тому
The Sipeed Lichee Pi 4A RISC-V SBC review was interesting and fun to watch. And the having the OS preinstalled saves some time and having to install it. Well done Chris thanks for the review.
@wettingfeld 8 місяців тому
Pretty amazing performance. As it’s still early days, things can and will improve even more.
@horseradishpower9947 8 місяців тому
This is astounding, when you look at it. This is a massive move forwards for the architecture, and will only inspire more development from others. I suspect in five years time, the processor type is going to be far more commonly adopted, and could even stand as a decent competitor to X86 and ARM. Thanks for the video.
@BruceHoult 8 місяців тому
Note that these C910 CPU cores were announced in July 2019 -- it just, as always, takes about four years to get from a core to mass-produced hardware. Imagine what has been started since 2019, and is still in the pipeline, but inevitable. Well .. we don't have to imagine. We'll have A76 (e.g. RK3588) class machines maybe by the end of the year but certainly early next year. And Apple M1-class chips are coming in a couple of years.
@horseradishpower9947 8 місяців тому
@@BruceHoult I fully accept what you are saying, but I remember the scepticism of the architecture being at this level for a few more years yet. There is clearly a huge amount of development going on, and this is exciting to me. I want this processor architecture to succeed, and help to widen the options. Thanks for the information, by the way. It is appreciated.
@BruceHoult 8 місяців тому
@@horseradishpower9947 computer SoCs are like a pizza ... you put the toppings on a base and put it into the oven , then have to stand around for ten minutes until it emerges from the far end of the oven. It takes a while, but there is essentially zero doubt that it WILL come out. It's just that with SoCs you wait around for about four years, not ten minutes. While there are certainly many skeptical voices all over the internet (many with a conflict of interest, by the way), anyone who keeps informed knows what is currently in the oven. I can't tell you what will be in 2030 or 2040 ... but the next three to four years? It is written. Pre-ordained. Inevitable. Skepticism about that time period is totally unwarranted. And in that time frame is 2020-level (or even a bit better) x86 and M1 performance. Which will still be a viable PC in 2026 or 2027.
@CnCDune 8 місяців тому
As someone whose programs (Ansys, CATIA, SolidWorks, 2000-ish games) are Windows-only and 32- or 64-bit, I can't see that happening for enough people in the most influential branches. Not until Windows-EXE support works out of the box because who has the patience to set-up and trouble-shoot Wine...
@deineroehre 8 місяців тому
@@CnCDune Companys programming Windows-only software will be dead in 5, latest in 10 years. Even Microsoft supports Linux in professional field (like MSSQL, OK,not professional, but it works). If you don't like Softmaker Office as a professional alternative for MS Office, you can still use MS Office Webbrowser based clients. That is roughly 80% of the use case in Companys. AutoCAD came from Unix, so there is no problem in developing that for Linux, Games work with steam flawlessly. Any important server runs on Linux anyways. I don't see any important usecase for windows-based computers in the next 10 years onwards, every operating system has its time, some lazy admins will eventually try to stick with it until retirement, but these will be replaced by skilled people and then complain for their own fault of getting stuck in the 90s...
@t.w.3 8 місяців тому
RISC-V will be a gamechanger for laptops and tablets. I look forward to the "RISC-V week" video.
@ExplainingComputers 8 місяців тому
Thanks for this. My "RISC-V Week" video posts next Sunday (September 3rd).
@stephenmanis5258 8 місяців тому
Excellent video! I too am excited/surprised at how quickly RISC-V is advancing.
@ltlk937 8 місяців тому
i am just so glad that alternatives like this are FINALLY gaining some traction.
@maximilianholland 8 місяців тому
Great to see this progress in open CPU design.
@shenidan2023 8 місяців тому
What an excellent video, thanks for posting genuinely interesting reviews 👍
@volvo09 8 місяців тому
Lots of improvements with risc-v hardware and software, this is indeed a nice little board!
@srtcsb 8 місяців тому
You're fast approaching 1M subs... Well done Chris. Your informative and thorough presentations are really getting noticed. Thanks for another great video. 😎👍
@ExplainingComputers 8 місяців тому
Greetings Steve. :)
@freeculture 8 місяців тому
Gold youtube plaque incoming 😄
@Gojirosan 8 місяців тому
This was very interesting indeed. Thanks for the Sunday excitement!
@RobertLock1978 7 місяців тому
Exciting stuff this RISC V ... nice demo as usual Chris B)
@ConfuSomu 7 місяців тому
This is an exciting board and promises an exciting future for RISC-V!
@ExplainingComputers 7 місяців тому
Agreed!
@mikefinn2101 8 місяців тому
Peter another great video for this week, glad to see progress in Risc boards and hope Raspberry Pi will come out with a more advanced SBC. But this one has Linux already installed which is nice like my Pi-400 did. Thanks for you time and efforts Peter really appreciate all you do, especially for me learning computers from you
@leskaighin8903 8 місяців тому
Impressive indeed, your week of desktop use is going to be very interesting.
@NomadicSage 8 місяців тому
This is exciting, hurray for RISC-V
@davidboop3550 8 місяців тому
I don't know if anybody else feels this way but his videos are like gold. They don't have been very often but they are so good when they appear.
@ghurammi 8 місяців тому
Thanks a lot for covering this. Been peeking this product for quite sometimes but there's not a lot if any review on it
@allmac7504 8 місяців тому
The “week” upload is gonna be great! This topic is definitely my side of the street!
@Praxibetel-Ix 8 місяців тому
Things we have learned from this video... - RISC-V continues to make great progress! It's very impressive that, first off, we now have an SBC that comes pre-loaded with a desktop Linux distro that works just nice right out of the box and, second off, they're now working on a RISC-V laptop! - Chris would still sound like the friendly fella that he is if he were a Dalek. (see 17:05) I look forward to seeing how the RISC-V Week turns out very soon!
@ExplainingComputers 8 місяців тому
Greetings!
@Praxibetel-Ix 8 місяців тому
@@ExplainingComputers Oh, hi! I am very late responding so I apologize for that, but anyway, this was another great video as always. :)
@hg-sx5nk 8 місяців тому
EX PLAIN MI NA TE!
@ovarb12 8 місяців тому
Great video as is the norm for your channel. Thanks for covering the stuff that us user would use or do.
@JG-xd7wk 7 місяців тому
Quite a comprehensive review, Chris. The drop-in modular soc card is interesting as presumably enhanced future core/GPU designs should give a nice upgrade path, within the V/Wattage limitations.
@PeterJasper 8 місяців тому
The Lichee Pi 4A is a great step forward for a RISC-V SBC. The development appears to be going ahead at pace. I look forward to further developments and software support. Good luck with surviving the week on RISC-V ...
@m8hackr60 8 місяців тому
It's very exciting to see a fairly viable RISK-V SoM. It will be great to see if Sipeed will continue to build the base images and software, like the Jetson Nano, Raspberry Pi and Orange Pi do so well. Looking forward to seeing more in the future!. Thank you, Chris, for another excellent unboxing review. I would love to one day see some various and current benchmarks of some of the various board options between Arm and RISK-V.
@Doortodoorgeek 8 місяців тому
wow shockingly usable, great video
@fewerlaws 7 місяців тому
Dang. Just discovered this. What a cool guy and channel! Love his work and his crisp Queen's spoken English!
@scottlinovitz2880 8 місяців тому
Thanks for the exposure to this technology.
@Snoky5313 8 місяців тому
I'm impressed, excited and very thankful for this nice introduction of another Pi fruit family 😊.
@martinsmith5028 8 місяців тому
Hi Chris, It's impressive to see an SBC perform so well as a desktop and I look forward to sering the results of your test week. I think the performance issues will be ironed out. Personally, I hope this leads to other OSs having to reduce the bloat.
@kencreten7308 8 місяців тому
That is incredible. Much hope here. Thank you very much. 1080p smooth - again, incredible.
@ExplainingComputers 8 місяців тому
You clearly appreciate the significance of this board. :)
@stephensu4371 8 місяців тому
i already got one, btw lichee is a kind of a tropical and sub-tropical fruit, it similar to longan, they are from the Sapindaceae family fruit, this 2 kinds of fruits are widely plant at southern area of China, they taste similar, very sweet and juicy.
@ExplainingComputers 8 місяців тому
Greetings! I wondered what a lichee was like -- I knew it was a fruit, but new nothing about it.
@stephensu4371 8 місяців тому
@@ExplainingComputers it very similar to longan sweet and juicy, because they’re a juicy fruit, so they needs to transport carefully,
@kelargo 8 місяців тому
What is their taste compared to other fruit or berries? 😊
@horseradishpower9947 8 місяців тому
@stephensu4371 They are also a little weird to eat, they are firm, with a slight rubbery texture to the touch. But are quite nice to eat. For those who do not know, do note that you need to peel the skin off, and there is a stone in the middle of the fruit.
@saintuk70 8 місяців тому
@@ExplainingComputers the lychee is very tasty, almost firm grape type fruit with a single seed. We can get them here in the UK .
@a4e69636b 8 місяців тому
Excellent video!
@newburypi 8 місяців тому
Thanks for the RISK-V coverage. It'll probably a while before I dip my toe in, but it's good to see it coming along.
@MaxGoof 8 місяців тому
Now I can't wait to see the RISC-V week video! Thanks for another fantastic video, Chris! I hope you can get the HDMI audio fixed. Perhaps it's in one of those newer releases? So many questions that I imagine will be answered when you spend a week with the computer.
@ExplainingComputers 8 місяців тому
I've just finished RISC-V week -- a very interesting experiment. I plan to post the video two weeks today. Unfortunately, the Chromium HDMI issue remains in the newest (as I write this) Debian release. But I found a solution during RISC-V week . . .
@newbtop 8 місяців тому
Excellent review. It is clear that numerous semiconductor design firms, especially Chinese organizations, aspire to adopt the open-source RISC-V chip architecture, hence avoid the high expenses associated with proprietary systems. Good work.
@nopadelik9286 8 місяців тому
copy&paste from a news-article from early august: "The RISC-V open instruction set architecture got a boost today after it emerged that five chip giants are coming together to jointly invest in a company to develop reference architectures based on the standard. The new entity will be formed in Germany with investment from Infineon Technologies, Qualcomm, NXP Semiconductors, Bosch, and Nordic Semiconductor, with the aim of speeding up "the commercialization of future products based on the open-source RISC-V architecture." If this sounds a bit vague, it is because the company's formation is subject to regulatory approvals in various jurisdictions, and so at this stage the founding corporations are unable to add any further detail about how much investment is involved, when it is expected to begin operations, or even what the company will be called. What we do know is that this will not be a chip manufacturing operation, but will focus on the creation of reference designs to help increase the adoption of the RISC-V architecture. The aim is to establish the company as a single source for developing compatible RISC-V-based products. Given the involvement of NXP and Infineon, it is perhaps not surprising the initial focus will be around automotive applications, with an eventual expansion to include mobile and IoT ecosystems."
@newbtop 8 місяців тому
@@nopadelik9286 Thank you for providing this information. I look forward to seeing more RISC-V products in the future.
@8bit711 7 місяців тому
Woohoo! Yet again another awesome vid and Cheers. The lichee is looking like my 42;)
@devinpike1324 8 місяців тому
Looking forward to risc v week
@allmac7504 8 місяців тому
Me too
@Praxibetel-Ix 8 місяців тому
Same!
@crnlbwlawson 8 місяців тому
Excellent video as always! On some of the lower power SBC's I wish that POE was a standard option to power the board.
@dang48 8 місяців тому
Pretty wild. Neat machine and I'm looking forward to the results of your 7 day experiment.
@alanthornton3530 8 місяців тому
Thanks Chris for sharing the excitement, this is obviously going to be a future desktop contender, competition for ARM & x86. I'm looking forward to how you get on with 'Using RISC-V' for a week. I looked away from the screen for a split second & thought the Daleks had arrived, would you be able to test headphones to see if that helps? Another happy Sunday afternoon :)
@happy_apple 8 місяців тому
i think risc 5 is the future of computing because it is open sorce
@happy_apple 8 місяців тому
also am i first
@CNWPlayer 8 місяців тому
@@happy_apple gg
@happy_apple 8 місяців тому
if someone sees this please check on it later
@ExplainingComputers 8 місяців тому
UKposts makes you third -- bronze metal for you today! :)
@happy_apple 8 місяців тому
@@ExplainingComputersthankyou for answering
@Kw1161 8 місяців тому
Chris thanks for alerting on this new system, with Debian already installed on the EMMC module I almost ready to take the RISC-V.....:) Have a nice week!
@avejst 8 місяців тому
Impressive find Looking forward for the RIXC-V weekend video 🙂
@AMDRADEONRUBY 8 місяців тому
Oh nice a new PC board you're the best for this kind of video the reference too have a nice week
@SB-qm5wg 8 місяців тому
Amazing. RISC-V is happening.
@yogibear2k220 8 місяців тому
I had to smile when you mentioned The Four Tops. I guess their song, "Reach Out I'll Be There," is quite fitting for this channel. Great looking board, and not a bad price considering.
@No-mq5lw 8 місяців тому
Nice seeing something I already own and know quite a bit about on this channel.
@gt8200-0 8 місяців тому
Very impressive!
@user-yw8sr3uj1w 8 місяців тому
This is awesome!!
@hsoj9550 8 місяців тому
Great video, thanks for showing this fantastic board! It really is remarkable just how far RISC-V has come in just a few short years. This sort of demonstration of what RISC-V systems can do would have been unthinkable a year or two ago, and now it's to a state where it's likely usable for basic daily tasks. One thing I would like to see is a comparison between this RISC-V board and some other ARM based offerings, like the Raspberry Pi but others too, to see how the RISC-V processor can hold against other similar(-ish) ARM processors in other SBC's. Might make for a fun comparison video at some point, even if it may not truly be 1:1, apples to apples comparisons, due to the nature of support, hardware differences, etc.
@gameshorts1 8 місяців тому
another great fun educational video
@rajakegelapan8498 8 місяців тому
Love this review, i hope will get new PC from RISC-V
@taskforce_kerim 8 місяців тому
This is fantastic. I truly wish for RISC-V to take over the SoM and SoC scene! It's extremley promising.
@perrymcclusky4695 8 місяців тому
Once again, some fascinating RISC-V hardware. The name begs to be compared to a Raspberry Pi 4. I am looking forward to your RISC-V week video. Curious as to how difficult it is to upgrade the distro/operating system. I hope others find RISC-V as fascinating as I find it. Looking forward to your next video!
@johnm2012 8 місяців тому
If Raspberry Pi 4s were available at their normal price they'd make this board look very expensive.
@ytdlgandalf 8 місяців тому
@@johnm2012give me a raspberry pi with 2 nics, both being straight to pcinexpress, no USB in between.
@perrymcclusky4695 8 місяців тому
@@johnm2012 Raspberry Pi 4 price aside, it is still pricey. Other than that, this RISC-V hardware is still fascinating.
@No-mq5lw 8 місяців тому
There's initial support and (basic) device tree files in Linux 6.5 for the SOC, but nothing else in mainline Linux or Mesa. No microphone, sound, or GPU drivers in any mainline development path. Everything that makes this system tick is based of T-Head semi's repositories.
@perrymcclusky4695 8 місяців тому
@@No-mq5lw Nice to know.
@piecaruso97 6 місяців тому
i swear this is the most exited i have ever seen you since you started doing youtube
@ExplainingComputers 6 місяців тому
This may well be true. :)
@judsonleach5248 8 місяців тому
Is it Sunday ALREADY, Sir?!? “ The older I get? The faster time goes!” -do you have a physics formula they can explain that, Sir?! Lol “ watching and learning, NOW!” :-) Cheers! - Judson & Buddy! - have a great day, everyone!
@ExplainingComputers 8 місяців тому
I know, the weeks seem to fly these days! I hope that you are both doing OK.
@1schwererziehbar1 8 місяців тому
Year of the RISC-V Desktop!
@seguramlk 8 місяців тому
I am astounded by Chris' astonishment 😂
@mzs114 8 місяців тому
Nice that Debian support so many architectures!
@Bob-of-Zoid 8 місяців тому
I'm so happy to see open source hardware platforms making progress, and have been excited ever since I heard about RISC-V, and the flexibility that comes with it. The big hurdle of course is that it's up against giants with nearly unlimited power in the tech industry, and getting in even on the manufacturing end is very expensive, as well as politically difficult with al of the crony capitalism, and getting in on such a market needs huge capitol only very few have to even get started, and so I hope to see support from people who want change and to revive consumer freedom to become investors and proponents of open source to grow it to become a force to be reckoned with, as it should already be. Uphill battles are difficult, but they can be won, and more power to those who do!
@Paulzpc 8 місяців тому
The board is tiny but very cool looking and performs well, I do look forward to your videos, well done.
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