Your regular reminder that Ubuntu 26.04 will not run on your current #RISCV boards. The only supported execution environment at the current time is qemu ... #RVA23
https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/from-lts-to-lts-two-years-of-foundations-work-on-ubuntu/81259

Does anyone own Spacemit k3 hardware? 😋

#RISCV #RVA23

China’s Open-Source Gambit: Beijing Accelerates RISC-V Pivot as SMIC Profits Surge

China is accelerating its independence from Western chip architectures by launching the high-performance RISC-V 'Xiangshan' processor and 'Ruyi' OS. Bolstered by a 36% profit surge at SMIC and full capacity utilization at Hua Hong, the nation is building a comprehensive, localized semiconductor ecosystem backed by its largest tech conglomerates.

China Daily Brief
🎉 Oh wow, #RVA23 has finally toppled Speculation's tyrannical reign in #RISC-V CPUs! Because nothing screams cutting-edge like an impenetrable wall of buzzwords and vendor names that no one asked for. 🙄 #GameChanger #zzzz
https://semiwiki.com/ip/risc-v/367094-rva23-ends-speculations-monopoly-in-risc-v-cpus/ #CPUs #Speculation #GameChanger #TechNews #HackerNews #ngated
RVA23 Ends Speculation’s Monopoly in RISC-V CPUs - Semiwiki

RVA23 marks a turning point in how mainstream CPUs are expected to scale performance. By making the RISC-V Vector Extension (RVV) mandatory, it elevates structured, explicit parallelism to the same architectural status as scalar execution. Vectors are no longer optional accelerators bolted onto speculation-heavy cores. They are baseline capabilities that software can rely on. RVA23…

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RVA23 Ends Speculation’s Monopoly in RISC-V CPUs - Semiwiki

RVA23 marks a turning point in how mainstream CPUs are expected to scale performance. By making the RISC-V Vector Extension (RVV) mandatory, it elevates structured, explicit parallelism to the same architectural status as scalar execution. Vectors are no longer optional accelerators bolted onto speculation-heavy cores. They are baseline capabilities that software can rely on. RVA23…

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liliputing.com/canonical-an... #Ubuntu #Ubuntu26.04 will be first #UbuntuLTS released on #RVA23 #RISC-V, so #by_2027 or latest #by_2028 the transition should be largely complete: Underlying hardware will be #RISC-V so #by_2029 expect #x86 support to end. It would be unwise to buy any new x86.

Canonical and SpacemiT team up...
Canonical and SpacemiT team up for Ubuntu on SpacemiT K1 and K3 RISC-V chips - Liliputing

Canonical and SpacemiT team up for Ubuntu on SpacemiT K1 and K3 RISC-V chips

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It's very exiting to see that #riscv laptops with #RVA23 are on the way!

https://deepcomputing.io/product/dc-roma-risc-v-mainboard-iii/