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Re:RISC-V Guns for Raspberry Pi, Legacy Chips by klelatti on Thursday July 14, 2022 @05:22PM (#32101613)
It’s not RISC-V ‘gunning’ for RPi, it’s certain SBC manufacturers who think that a RISC-V board will enable them to compete with RPi.

It may, but the success of these boards will largely depend on other factors. RPi has succeeded because of their clear focus and really strong execution.

It will probably disappoint many but having a CPU with an open ISA isn’t going to be an overriding factor in determining whether any particular SBC succeeds in the market.

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Re:RISC-V Guns for Raspberry Pi, Legacy Chips by worik on Thursday July 14, 2022 @05:37PM (#32101751)
If they can make it available they will be doing well.

I cannot find any Raspberry Pis for sale anywhere I can buy one.

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Re:RISC-V Guns for Raspberry Pi, Legacy Chips by musingsole on Thursday July 14, 2022 @05:42PM (#32101808)
From where I'm at, Raspberry Pis are plenty available, just selling for 30-40% more than they might have a couple years ago.
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Re:RISC-V Guns for Raspberry Pi, Legacy Chips by worik on Friday July 15, 2022 @06:44PM (#32113550)
Where are you sitting?
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Re:RISC-V Guns for Raspberry Pi, Legacy Chips by flyinghamster on Friday July 15, 2022 @07:59AM (#32107195)
They're rarely in stock even at Micro Center. I ended up dragging out an Asus Tinkerboard, languishing in a drawer, for a project. I was a lot happier with it after I ditched the "Tinker OS" image in favor of Armbian.
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