[vlc-devel] Fwd: RISC-V Vector hardware

[Steve Lhomme]

On 2023-10-20 13:13, Rémi Denis-Courmont wrote:
> Moving as videolan@ seems dead or no longer open.

I read it :D

Should we add a cross-compiler target in the CI as well ? We already 
have one for Debian on ARM.

> 
> -------- Courriel d’origine --------
> De : "Rémi Denis-Courmont" <remi at remlab.net>
> Envoyé : 20 octobre 2023 12:12:55 GMT+03:00
> À : videolan at videolan.org
> Objet : RISC-V Vector hardware
> 
> Hi,
> 
> The first known commercially available RISC-V board with standard Vector support is now on sale for $50 + $10 shipping + ? custom duties.
> 
> At that price, it's a very low-end piece, with a single vector-capable core and half a GiB of memory. If you are looking for your next SBC, STB, VideoLAN CI or FFmpeg FATE runner, move along, there is nothing to ser. So it's at best a stop-gap measure for manual testing until better (and more expensive) hardware comes out. The state of Linux kernel support is also unclear.
> 
> https://www.analoglamb.com/product/kendryte-k230-risc-v-development-board-canmv-k230/
> 
> Delivery time to Europe is allegedly a month. There may be better hardware pretty soon, maybe even this year.
> 
> Personally, I could use one for the time being, but I can also live without yet another piece of future electronic waste.
> 
> Opinions?
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