At #UbuntuSummit 2024, Nirav Patel, CEO of Framework, wowed the audience by swapping the Mainboard on a Framework Laptop to convert it from an x86 processor to a RISC-V processor, both of which support @ubuntu

https://youtu.be/l6khGznGeyY?feature=shared

Modifying a Framework Laptop from x86 to RISC-V live on stage | Ubuntu Summit 2024

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@frameworkcomputer @ubuntu this was so unbelievably cold to watch.
There was a time when doing something like this was next to impossible and now almost out of the blue you can do this in 5 minutes. Amazing.
@muelsyse @frameworkcomputer @ubuntu I remember MANY years ago seeing a demo from (I think) Apricot of adding and removing CPU cards in a running system. But anything with RISC-V is even cooler! Wanna buy now!
@frameworkcomputer @ubuntu is kernel somehow special to support both architectures at once or was the demo booting into different installMl?
@frameworkcomputer @ubuntu Are there any plans for ARM-based mainboards?
@frameworkcomputer @ubuntu been there, saw that. Impressive stuff!