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0 pointsmicrocolonel7y ago0 comments

Not to mention, there is actual RISC-V hardware capable of running this software; and you can buy it right now for a known public price (which is more than could be said for AArch64 for a long time, and almost to this day) and integrate it with standard peripherals (PCIe, SATA, USB, etc.).

Granted, the hardware is somewhat limited for now, since it's only in-order.

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Annatar7y ago· 2 in thread

Servers, I explicitly wrote “19” rack mountable servers”!

Where can they be bought? Link please!!!

floatboth7y ago

You could mount a HiFive Unleashed into a rack case I guess. It's not a standard form factor though, so you'd need some custom mounting hardware (or, well, hot glue :D)

Annatar7y ago

That would be hacking. I couldn’t build datacenters with that. I’m a professional engineer, not a hacker.

floatboth7y ago

> you can buy it right now for a known public price

Huh, the HiFive Unleashed has a "buy now" button on the website. I thought it's still in crowdfunding stage. Nice.

> almost to this day

PINE A64 was kickstarted in december 2015 with a known public price of $15. The RPi3 and SoftIron Overdrive 1000 appeared in 2016, SolidRun MACCHIATOBin in 2017, and various Rockchip RK3399 boards (and Chromebooks!) are shipping this year.

Oh, and you could buy an iPhone 5S back in 2013. No standard peripherals on that one though :D

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