The VisionFive is one of the first lower-cost RISC-V computers able to run a full version of Linux. Video includes full hardware specification, and demonstrations running Fedora Linux and various desktop applications.
The VisionFive is made by StarFive — — who provide support at:
In particular, there is a VisionFive “Quick Start Guide” and specification here:
You can learn more about RISC-V at — and in my video “Explaining RISC-V”:
The web page providing information on SiFive’s range of RISC-V processor cores, as shown in the video, is here:
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Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
01:18 RISC-V Hardware
06:57 Fedora
11:14 App Support
13:50 RISC-V Gaming
15:10 Open Computing
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Game list that you can play
List: Minecraft Java/bedrock soon roblox son windows can run on it
this is so damn exciting
playing a youtube video is an important usability test, or from your website. everyone uses this, but not everyone uses rendering of pictures or videos..
Great to see fedora gang supporting open source hardware!
If only RISC V really took off and and we could play AAA games on a RISC V PC!!
God systemd is everywhere!!!
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I'm pretty shocked by how well it fared in the gimp test against a raspberry pi 4
I'd actually would have loved to know the power consumption on this computer vs the raspberry pi 4 – in idle and e.g. when applying that complex filter in GIMP. Just to get some numbers.
Seeing as electricity becomes way more expensive, perhaps a RISC-V-powered computer could be more efficient than even ARM-based computers are? That'd be definitely a selling point, though since it's probably somewhat early, I doubt it is as efficient, let alone more efficient at this time. But perhaps in the future? Who knows :).
Kind of slow.
Is everything software rendered?
This one doesn't have a proper GPU, however the next generation of their chips is planned to have one.
Do you think it's risky to use Risk-V?
RISC V is more like a curiosity. Enjoy it while it lasts.
The way a computer functions has not changed since the first CPU’s were made. The limitations were money, the greater the number of registers the higher the cost.
Does risk-V include division? 😀
new era starts here…
When you mentioned gaming, the likes of Solitaire and Minesweeper came to mind. Then you said "Quake" and my jaw dropped! Witnessing a dawn of something that has the potential to change the world is truly incredible. Thank you for bringing this to us Chris, you are amazing!
Is it possible to run a BSD on it?
That is neat combination,
two camera CSI interfaces pairs really well for AI application using them
Can someone explain to me why this is good since it's slower than almost any sbc on the market and a lot more expensive?
Thank you!!
Doesnt using a completely closed source nvidia ai processor completely defeat the purpose of having a foss chip?
open source just became a lot more open
I would like to see a full side by side comp with the Jetson Nano covering AI capabilities
Looks like RISC-X is required for performance.
Chris: I am a gamer now.
Also Chris: Immediately jumps into lava.
Does this mean the CPU manufacturers can't secretly spy on us with this, because it's all open?
Little late on this video, but I am impressed with what I see here on RiscV.
SBC是什么单词的简易词？
4:33 AIoT – Artifical Intelligence of Things
4:54 Top
5:11 Front edge
5:41 First short edge
5:58 Second lung edge
6:19 Second short edge
6:33 Bottom
Tim Cook: sees the VisionFive run Quake
Tim Cook: sweats nervously
It'd be good to do comparisons of power consumed by these SBCs rather than the recommended as that needs lots of headroom. I am curious if there is a significant power penalty with riscv as sbcs often have power constraints.