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A comment on Milk-V Titan: A $329 8-Core 64-bit RISC-V mini-ITX board with PCIe Gen4x16. Parent comment

Re:Milk-V Titan: A $329 8-Core 64-bit RISC-V mini-ITX board ... by c0wb0yc0d3r on Sunday January 18, 2026 @09:29AM (#46668042)
Isn’t that kind of like saying automated testing (for apps written without testing in mind) isn’t worth it because you have to spend time getting code into a state that is testable?

I do agree that it takes a lot of work to get something usable, and so I think we are a ways off from mainstream risc-v. I do also think there is a lot more value for low power devices like embedded/IoT or instances where you need special hardware. Facebook uses it to make special video transcoding hardware.

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Re:Milk-V Titan: A $329 8-Core 64-bit RISC-V mini-ITX board ... by z3512 on Sunday January 18, 2026 @02:28PM (#46671259)
Getting the chip stable is one thing. Getting all the various software applications that one uses test their chip is another, and a lot of hardware companies won’t have experience there. Then there is customer code…
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