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Mainline Linux Patches For The VisionFive 2 Lite: RISC-V For As Little As $19.9 USD (www.phoronix.com)

submitted 6 days ago by cm0002@no.lastname.nz to c/linux@programming.dev

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Following the mainline Linux kernel support for the VisionFive 2 RISC-V single board computer from StarFive, Linux kernel patches are on the way for their new VisionFive 2 Lite low-cost offering. With the StarFive VisionFive 2 Lite this RISC-V board can be procured for as little as $19.9 USD as one of the cheapest yet fairly capable RISC-V SBCs.

The VisionFive 2 Lite is a recently crowd-funded effort from StarFive Tech with the cheapest 2GB version costing just $19.9+ USD while 4GB of RAM and WiFi will cost $30+ and 8GB with WiFi at $37+.

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[–] Eldritch@piefed.world 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Yes, considering how the Raspberry Pi has generally become rather unaffordable lately. System power leaves a lot to be desired, but the price point is going to draw a lot of eyes. It's a good point to enter the market at least. However, if it has no RVA32 support. General support of it might be pretty narrow.

[–] curbstickle@anarchist.nexus 2 points 6 days ago

I'm thinking of it as an alternative to a software emulated RISC-V more than anything else

I think the rk3588 based boards are a better bang for the buck than pi (aside from my continual disappointment from how the managed things during the pandemic, but thats a whole other thing), and some esp32 boards fill the other gaps, but thats how I think about things, obviously not an answer for everyone.

But even with the really comparatively bad performance of this little guy, its still going to be way better than emulated I think. Of course, I'll have to buy one to confirm that. A perfect excuse! 😄