Hacker News with Generative AI: RISC-V

"Moonshots" Initiative to Secure the Future of RISC OS (riscosopen.org)
Cambridge, UK – 28-Mar-2025 – RISC OS Open Limited (ROOL) is calling on the global technology community to support a bold new initiative to secure the long-term future of RISC OS. The company today announced the launch of its Moonshots programme – a strategic shift away from incremental development, towards large-scale engineering efforts aimed at modernising the operating system for next-generation Arm architectures.
Operating Systems, RISC-V, Technology, Open Source
5 points by todsacerdoti 5 days ago | 4 comments
Not dropping RISC-V support after all, maybe (chimera-linux.org)
As circumstances have changed, we are not dropping RISC-V repos for the time being. Instead, newly rebuilt repositories are introduced, built on hardware, with tests.
RISC-V, Linux, Open Source, Hardware, Software
64 points by todsacerdoti 13 days ago | 37 comments
Chimera Linux ghosts RISC-V because there's no time for sluggish hardware (theregister.com)
The creators of the unique Chimera Linux distro are dropping support for RISC-V because kit built on the open instruction set architecture just isn't fast enough and this is holding up the development pipeline.
Linux, RISC-V, Hardware, Operating Systems
3 points by patrakov 14 days ago | 1 comments
Pine64's RISC-V tablet now ships with a Debian-based Linux and improved hardware (liliputing.com)
Hardware, Linux, Open Source, Tablets, RISC-V
53 points by ndsipa_pomu 17 days ago | 26 comments
10-cent RISC-V MCU features 2.4GHz wireless, Bluetooth LE 5.0, USB 2.0 (cnx-software.com)
Patrick Yang, CTO at WCH, has recently unveiled the CH570 RISC-V SoC with 2.4GHz wireless and USB 2.0 (host & device) as an upgrade to the popular CH32V003 general-purpose RISC-V MCU with more features at the same low price (10 cents).
RISC-V, Microcontrollers, Wireless, Bluetooth, USB
8 points by fork-bomber 18 days ago | 1 comments
Dropping RISC-V Support (chimera-linux.org)
The next set of images will drop RISC-V support. The builder is currently still going but within the next few days it will stop, and the repositories will stay in place but frozen.
RISC-V, Linux, Operating Systems
5 points by pierremenard 20 days ago | 1 comments
Dropping RISC-V Support (chimera-linux.org)
The next set of images will drop RISC-V support. The builder is currently still going but within the next few days it will stop, and the repositories will stay in place but frozen.
RISC-V, Linux, Open Source
12 points by todsacerdoti 21 days ago | 2 comments
RISC-V Processor Design – Lec 6 – EXU and Co-Simulation (ycombinator.com)
In this lecture, we stitch together a custom Instruction Set Simulator I created with the RISC-V CPU (now with the execution stage) and see the first instructions flowing in the pipeline.
RISC-V, Computer Architecture, Simulation, Processors
5 points by marcux95 22 days ago | 1 comments
Europe Takes Another Whack at Homegrown Compute Engines (nextplatform.com)
With RISC-V International, the body controlling the RISC-V instruction set, located in Switzerland for the past five years, RISC-V now has just as much right to call itself indigenous to Europe as does Arm Ltd, the British chip company that finds itself on the other side of the English Channel after the Brexit break up and that is still around 90 percent owned by Japanese conglomerate SoftBank.
Europe, RISC-V, Semiconductors, Technology, International Organizations
4 points by rbanffy 23 days ago | 0 comments
DC-ROMA RISC-V AI PC, RISC-V Mainboard II for Framework Laptop 13 (deepcomputing.io)
The DC-ROMA RISC-V AI PC, aka the DC-ROMA RISC-V Mainboard II for Framework Laptop 13, enables local execution of large language models (LLMs), allowing AI applications to call local LLM APIs without relying on cloud services.
RISC-V, AI, Hardware, Laptops, Cloud Computing
5 points by sohkamyung 23 days ago | 4 comments
Europe bets once again on RISC-V for supercomputing (theregister.com)
A 38-strong group of tech players have founded a project with the snappy name Digital Autonomy with RISC-V in Europe, aka DARE, that aims to develop processor units to power the continent’s supercomputers and other high-performance machines.
Supercomputing, RISC-V, Europe, Technology
219 points by muxamilian 24 days ago | 219 comments
Orange Pi RV2 is a single-board PC with an 8-core RISC-V processor (liliputing.com)
Last year Orange Pi introduced its first single-board computer with a quad-core RISC-V processor. Now the company is ready for round two: the Orange Pi RV2 is an updated model with an octa-core chip and a low starting price: it’s available now from AliExpress for $30 and up and could be available from Amazon soon as well.
Single-Board Computers, RISC-V, Hardware, Embedded Systems, Open Source
98 points by ndsipa_pomu 24 days ago | 43 comments
SiFive HiFive Premier P550 RISC-V Linux Performance Review (phoronix.com)
SiFive recently sent over a review sample of the much anticipated HiFive Premier P550 developer board, their newest RISC-V creation featuring four RISC-V cores, Imagination AXM-8-256 integrated GPU, Gigabit Ethernet, PCIe x16 slot, and 16GB or 32GB of RAM.
Hardware, RISC-V, Linux, Performance Review
7 points by rbanffy 27 days ago | 0 comments
Alibaba launches server-grade RISC-V silicon, Beijing seems set to back the ISA (theregister.com)
The permissively licensed RISC-V instruction set architecture appears to be gaining significant momentum in China.
RISC-V, China, Hardware, Semiconductors, Open Source
6 points by sohkamyung 29 days ago | 1 comments
Alibaba launches RISC-V-based XuanTie C930 server CPU (tomshardware.com)
Alibaba, RISC-V, Server CPUs, Hardware, Cloud Computing
4 points by LorenDB 30 days ago | 1 comments
How the Ubuntu Linux Performance Has Evolved for RISC-V over the Last 4 Years (phoronix.com)
SiFive recently sent over their new HiFive Premier P550 developer board and as part of that fresh RISC-V CPU testing I've also been re-testing the prior SiFive HiFive Unmatched developer board from 2020~2021 for reference.
Linux, RISC-V, Performance, Hardware, Benchmarks
5 points by mfiguiere 30 days ago | 0 comments
U.S. Lawmakers Want to Block China from 'American' RISC-V (2023) (tomshardware.com)
Politics, Technology, China, Security, RISC-V
6 points by quyleanh 35 days ago | 0 comments
RISC-V and Fedora: All Aboard (fedoramagazine.org)
2025 is the year of Linux on RISC-V.
RISC-V, Linux, Operating Systems, Fedora
19 points by billybuckwheat 37 days ago | 0 comments
Show HN: Kartoffels – Cellular Automata, Statistics, 32-bit RISC-V (pwy.io)
Today I've released v0.7, which spans 122 commits and brings:
Cellular Automata, Statistics, RISC-V, Open Source
58 points by Patryk27 44 days ago | 3 comments
RISC-V Sandboxing Library (github.com/libriscv)
libriscv is a simple, slim and complete sandbox that is highly embeddable and configurable. It is a specialty emulator that specializes in low-latency, low-footprint emulation.
RISC-V, Emulation, Security, Open Source, Software
25 points by fwsgonzo 50 days ago | 0 comments
Smol-GPU: A tiny RISC-V GPU built to teach modern GPU architecture (github.com/Grubre)
An educational implementation of a parallel processor in system-verilog.
RISC-V, GPU Architecture, Education, Hardware, Open Source
8 points by thunderbong 50 days ago | 0 comments
Torrent-1: a RISC-V vector implementation inspired by the Cray X1 vector machine (hackaday.com)
The crux of most supercomputers is the ability to operate on many pieces of data at once — something video cards are good at, too. Enter T1 (short for Torrent-1), a RISC-V vector inspired by the Cray X1 vector machine.
RISC-V, Supercomputers, Vector Processing, Hardware, Computer Architecture
9 points by fork-bomber 55 days ago | 0 comments
RISC-V Mainboard for Framework Laptop 13 is now available (frame.work)
We’re happy to share that DeepComputing’s DC-ROMA RISC-V Mainboard for Framework Laptop 13 is now in stock and shipping in the Framework Marketplace.
Hardware, RISC-V, Laptops, Open Source
202 points by WithinReason 57 days ago | 66 comments
RISC-V Mainboard for Framework Laptop 13 is now available (frame.work)
We’re happy to share that DeepComputing’s DC-ROMA RISC-V Mainboard for Framework Laptop 13 is now in stock and shipping in the Framework Marketplace.
RISC-V, Hardware, Laptops, Open Source, Computing
4 points by fork-bomber 57 days ago | 1 comments
Framework Laptop's RISC-V board for open source diehards is available for $199 (arstechnica.com)
Framework and DeepComputing have collaborated to create a RISC-V motherboard that fits in the Framework Laptop 13's chassis.
Hardware, Open Source, RISC-V, Laptops
50 points by doener 57 days ago | 6 comments
RISC-V Mainboard for the Framework Laptop 13 is now available for $199 (liliputing.com)
Last year computer maker Framework announced plans to release a RISC-V Mainboard for its 13 inch laptops. Then the company launched an early access program in November. And now the DeepComputing RISC-V Mainboard for the Framework Laptop 13 is now available for anyone to purchase: you can buy one for $199 at the Framework Marketplace.
Hardware, RISC-V, Laptops, Open Source
5 points by nfriedly 57 days ago | 2 comments
Linux running inside a PDF file via a JavaScript-compiled RISC-V emulator (xda-developers.com)
Linux, RISC-V, Emulation, JavaScript, PDF
9 points by sxp 57 days ago | 2 comments
RISC-V Mainboard for Framework Laptop 13 is now available (frame.work)
We’re happy to share that DeepComputing’s DC-ROMA RISC-V Mainboard for Framework Laptop 13 is now in stock and shipping in the Framework Marketplace.
Hardware, Laptops, RISC-V
49 points by open_ 57 days ago | 4 comments
Alibaba/T-HEAD's Xuantie C910: An open source RISC-V core (chipsandcheese.com)
T-HEAD is a wholly owned subsidiary of Alibaba, one of China's largest tech companies. Over the past few years, T-HEAD has created a line of RISC-V cores. Alibaba seems to have two motivations for pushing RISC-V. On one hand, the company stands to benefit from creating cost effective chips optimized for areas it cares about, like IoT endpoints and edge computing. On the other, Alibaba almost certainly wants to reduce its dependence on foreign imports.
RISC-V, Open Source, Hardware, China, Technology
221 points by mfiguiere 58 days ago | 76 comments
Ask HN: Are there any open source RISC-V processors that I can buy and use? (ycombinator.com)
As of now there are some places which offer small RISC-V processers, such as the StarFive JH7110 (used in DeepComputing DC-ROMA), however when I went to the website it said the CPU was proprietary. Are there any fully open source RISC-V CPUs that are not just hardware simulations that I can actually buy?
RISC-V, Open Source, Hardware, Processors
10 points by applestone 58 days ago | 14 comments