Re:More on x86 – The Chip Letter
by phkahler on Thursday April 25, 2024 @01:40PM
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>> If you need to replace the motherboard, what's the point of reusing the existing socket?
Zero hardware changes for the board maker. I'm not sure it would be possible to reflash from x86 BIOS to RISC-V bios and reboot. That would be cool though. Or maybe they have a jumper to select which is expected (to switch between 2 BIOS images) and everything else is identical.
Zero hardware changes for the board maker. I'm not sure it would be possible to reflash from x86 BIOS to RISC-V bios and reboot. That would be cool though. Or maybe they have a jumper to select which is expected (to switch between 2 BIOS images) and everything else is identical.