What is wrong with all those AArch64 desktops?

Re:What is wrong with all those AArch64 desktops? by anfilt on Friday January 10, 2020 @09:59PM (#22017792)

Honestly, would like to see more RISC-V offerings instead of 64bit arm. Although the ISA is still relatively new. Also some the extensions like bit manip are not finalized. However, the base instructions are.

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Re:What is wrong with all those AArch64 desktops? by solarkraft on Saturday January 11, 2020 @04:31AM (#22019080)

I'd love to have a RISC-V tablet one day, but think ARM will be an intermediate step, which will, through gained experience and already built infrastructure, ease the second switch of ISA.

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Re:What is wrong with all those AArch64 desktops? by anfilt on Saturday January 11, 2020 @05:20PM (#22022762)

Like on the open source side things, it's already possible to run a RISC-V desktop. Problem is no cheap hardware outside some expensive dev boards.

https://abopen.com/news/building-a-risc-v-pc/

Also that thing does not have up-gradable RAM, but you do have PCI-E.

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