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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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