@jlw_the_jobber It is just you.

If you follow the #RISCV hashtag or setup some google alerts, you‘ll see a lot of movement in China and Europe. Lots of designs for AI and embedded systems.

Linux support is also increasing (see recent Kernel and Ubuntu release).

Is it just me or did the #RISCV hypetrain die?  Was this just another “year of Linux” type of hype?
Semi-conducteurs: la neutralité suisse attire les géants mondiaux

La course à la suprématie dans le secteur des semi-conducteurs attise les tensions géopolitiques entre les superpuissances. Une technologie basée sur des logiciels libres (ou open source) basée en Suisse vise à empêcher un monopole.

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Dabao SBC : un SoC Baochip-1x RISC-V à 10$ en financement collaboratif
Proposée sur Crowdsupply, la carte de développement Dabao propose une formule Risc-V documentée à tout petit prix..
https://www.minimachines.net/?p=140030 #crowdfunding #riscv
M5Stamp C6LoRa tiny (18×15×2.3 mm) SMD module pairs ESP32-C6 with SX1262 LoRa chip

The M5Stamp C6LoRa is a compact LoRa SMD module that combines the ESP32-C6 Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth LE, and 802.15.4 microcontroller with the SX1262 LoRa transceiver for both high-speed and long-distance communication. The module targets applications such as smart agriculture, remote meter reading, industrial monitoring, and outdoor long-range wireless control systems. The module measures 18 × 15 × 2.3 mm, making it suitable for space-constrained systems and compact embedded designs. M5Stack has also added an SGM13005L4 low-noise amplifier (LNA) to improve reception performance, along with a PI4IOE5V6408 I/O expander that manages the LoRa control signals without using too many of the ESP32-C6’s GPIO pins. M5Stamp C6LoRa specifications: SoC – Espressif Systems ESP32-C6 CPU Single-core 32-bit RISC-V clocked up to 160 MHz Low-power RISC-V core @ up to 20 MHz Memory/Storage – 512KB SRAM, 320KB ROM Wireless - WiFi 6, BLE 5.3, 802.15.4 (See wireless section) Storage – 16 MB external NOR flash

CNX Software - Embedded Systems News
youtube.com/watch?v=BN_I... Like #Iran, #Europe has also declared war on #Google and #Microsoft, #Oracle and maybe #Nvidia and #IBM, #Meta, and #Amazon, which all operate in Europe. #Apple technically bases in EU ( #ireland). Shifting into #Linux, #PostgreSQL and #RISC-V ( #opensource)! #EUpoli

Europes quiet Breakup with U.S...
Europes quiet Breakup with U.S. Big Tech

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I‘ve upgraded 🏝️ Isle with the FemtoRV32 "Gracilis" CPU (RV32IMC); it even has interrupt support, which we’ll make use of later. 😄

I’ll release the next Isle chapter soon, with keyboard input and the start of our #RISCV software library. There’s simulation with graphics for Linux/Mac/Windows too.

Using the proposed Zvdot4a8i RVV extension for number parsing.

Zvdot4a8i: https://github.com/riscv/riscv-isa-manual/pull/2576

Not quite as good as it would be with 2x widening instructions, and non accumulating variants (like SSE), but still quite nice. Especially how the sifts worked out.

#simd #riscv #rvv

New to me #RISC toys! Not #RISCV, I think this is RISC 2? I know has a pair of R12000 processors in it if that helps...