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RISC-V hardware ready for daily driving? (riscv.org)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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This is a simple request for information regarding the current viability of RISC-V hardware out in the market and others experience with performance and stability.

I have done minimal online searching before posting here, but I would like to hear the present opinions of everyone. I am not a super computer guy, so I don't quite understand the current ability of Lichee Pi and VisionFive other than having capability for 8gb and above 1.0 GHz.

Somewhat paranoid as to what my intel cpu is doing right now, so I have had RISC-V on my mind for a few years. I have never had the most advanced computers and the highest graphics in games I play would be SuperTuxKart or GMOD.

I just got an i7 for a cheap bundle and it amazed me. On an Intel Architecture scale, what would be the highest comparison of latest hardware taking advantage of RISC-V without the suspicious backdoors and proprietary nonsense.

I have seen ExplainingComputers run applications I use. From what I've seen, it just looks like any old laptop performance I'd pick up on ebay. Is this the time to switch? What are your predictions on consumer hardware for the next decade in relation to RISC-V?

I use Godot 3.5.2 to develop games for x86_64, can I just open that with some compatibility system?

Feel free to bash me for not finding a search result that was plain as day. It happens sometimes.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Godot isn't even officially supported on ARM, so I don't expect to see it on RISC-V anytime soon. It might work anyway (if you compile it yourself). Or it might work (slowly) via x86_64 emulation in qemu. But if having Godot working is a make-or-break for you, I'd say this architecture isn't appropriate for you yet.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Already have a RISC-V soldering iron, namely Pinecil by Pine64

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

I use an ESP32-C3 with Risc-v as my daily driver (for reading air quality sensor data off of a custom circuit) but I don't think that's what OP is getting at.