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Re:FPGAs Have the Wrong Abstraction for Computing by lnsru on Sunday June 23, 2019 @03:20PM (#20258076)
Really exotic and complex board to start with. No community support (think about Digilent or Terasic). I also guess, no examples. I visited a seminar about RISC-V and Microsemi presentation was really weak on this topic. Do not recommend this for getting started. Only for experienced users looking for pain. Cheap and affordable board is for example Max1000 from arrow.
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Re:FPGAs Have the Wrong Abstraction for Computing by morphle on Monday June 24, 2019 @03:30AM (#20261293)
Examples RiscV softcore, ADC, wifi, 12,5 Gbps Serdes(!), tic tac to, console echo. https://github.com/Future-Electronics-Design-Center/Avalanch... https://github.com/RISCV-on-Microsemi-FPGA/PolarFire-Eval-Ki...

Community support is indeed just beginning but the risc-V community and the HiFive1 - SiFive community support these polarfire FPGA's. Even 50 Risc-V softcores fit on this FPGA.

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