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The Framework Laptop 13 is about to become one of the world’s first RISC-V laptops (www.theverge.com)
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[–] SeaJ@lemm.ee 55 points 5 months ago (1 children)

RISC-V still has a ways to go before it usable for much.

[–] greybeard@lemmy.one 22 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Its usable for much now... Just not as a daily driver laptop. It is good for embedded applications now, but not quire there for phone or laptop use. Maybe one day.

[–] ozymandias117@lemmy.world 13 points 5 months ago

Google is certainly planning on it being viable.

They’ve been merging RISC-V support in Android and have documented the minimum extensions over the base ISA that must be implemented for Android certification

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

I was hoping to use it for a NAS (just storage and retrieval), but board selection was limited and I wasn't ready to gamble on something like a USB-C enclosure. It would theoretically be a great fit, hopefully it gets there soon.