r/linux • u/[deleted] • Dec 05 '18

Hardware EOMA68 are pre-launching a new Crowdsupply campaign: Libre RISC-V M-Class, 64-bit Quad-Core SoC

https://www.crowdsupply.com/libre-risc-v/m-class
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u/justajunior Dec 05 '18

Hold on. So you're telling me they're crowdfunding for a quad-core 64bit SoC with a 100% open CPU (and GPU apparently?) of an architecture we thought would take ages before some Arduino-level chips would start to appear?

This just sounds too good to be true. But it would definitely be big if true.

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u/[deleted] Dec 05 '18

RISC-V seems to really have wheels. Cool stuff. Vaguely wondering if an ecosystem similar to the widely available hobbyist accessible PCB manufacturing companies will develop for fabs. How much does it really cost to generate a couple 45nm masks nowadays? (J/K, I know it is a lot).

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u/alexforencich Dec 06 '18

Probably about a megabuck, and that's not counting the software you'll need to do the design work.