HiFive – RISC-V-based Linux development board

Re:HiFive – RISC-V-based Linux development board by dvfjsdhgfv on Saturday February 03, 2018 @01:22PM (#16298757)

They might as well put $10,000 instead $1,000 and it wouldn't change things much - most people interested in the board won't buy it as the price is prohibitive. They would have to go below $100 at the very least.

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Re:HiFive – RISC-V-based Linux development board by garmaine on Saturday February 03, 2018 @03:08PM (#16299324)

Data point of 1: I just purchased an early-access dev board ($1,250), but I wouldn't have at $10k. $1k is too expensive for most individual hobbyists, unfortunately, but cheap enough that it can be considered a petty cash expense in my employer's hardware R&D effort. I think it was perfectly priced.

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Re:HiFive – RISC-V-based Linux development board by ams6110 on Saturday February 03, 2018 @01:34PM (#16298817)

Academic buyers won't have a big problem with that price. It's a drop in the bucket in the scope of all but the smallest research budgets.

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Re:HiFive – RISC-V-based Linux development board by mhayenga on Saturday February 03, 2018 @03:06PM (#16299307)

Eh, if they have a defined project maybe...

$100 = Would buy this on a whim on the off-chance it's usable. Also, would consider buying 12x of them to outfit an undergrad lab.

$1000 = Have to have a clear project/vision in mind of how the board would be used and how other methods (FPGA/emulation) couldn't suffice.

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Re:HiFive – RISC-V-based Linux development board by rbanffy on Saturday February 03, 2018 @01:44PM (#16298881)

That's a good way to sell half a dozen boards. :-(

It may work to bootstrap a larger market, but this board will not be a hot seller.

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