Re:RISC-V Stumbling Blocks
by floatboth on Thursday January 02, 2020 @12:20PM
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Not for the same money, for much cheaper.
HiFive Unleashed is $1000 for the board with onboard RAM… but it does not have PCIe onboard, so if you want that, you could pay $2000 extra (!!) for the "HiFive Unleashed Expansion Board" that has a giant FPGA that has a PCIe root complex programmed on it.
HoneyComb LX2K is $750 for the board with 64GB eMMC + bring your own SODIMMs for RAM.
SolidRun also offers the MACCHIATObin for $339. 4-core A72 + 4GB full-size DIMM included. (The single-channel-ness of the RAM is not good for performance, but you can install a big 16GB DIMM no problem.) Both the LX2K and the mcbin have PCIe of course :)
HiFive Unleashed is $1000 for the board with onboard RAM… but it does not have PCIe onboard, so if you want that, you could pay $2000 extra (!!) for the "HiFive Unleashed Expansion Board" that has a giant FPGA that has a PCIe root complex programmed on it.
HoneyComb LX2K is $750 for the board with 64GB eMMC + bring your own SODIMMs for RAM.
SolidRun also offers the MACCHIATObin for $339. 4-core A72 + 4GB full-size DIMM included. (The single-channel-ness of the RAM is not good for performance, but you can install a big 16GB DIMM no problem.) Both the LX2K and the mcbin have PCIe of course :)