Date: Sat, 13 May 2023 14:18:48 +0200 From: Mario Marietto <marietto2008@gmail.com> To: Tomek CEDRO <tomek@cedro.info> Cc: Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com>, freebsd-hackers <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: freebsd on an ebook ereader ? Message-ID: <CA%2B1FSihWw_TJsVvJ38evmTd74stWT-do=1jF4TPta1aOMvYouQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAFYkXjk4Xe9He4fShjSWfyd3UjxtSnw=x=eOc6UazQkHQS5mXw@mail.gmail.com> References: <CA%2B1FSihjpHqgbDso1UZzsZTTCB3DvBNaGN4Sy9t5XGws0MvyMg@mail.gmail.com> <ZFzumA1aihfrDDxJ@bec.de> <CA%2B1FSijFvwvZn4xH4asZQMUueM-1s2xqLZB3i9f1w_eh=ahWuw@mail.gmail.com> <CANCZdfozw6YveEScEp7pNeGZkf7-oQTYug%2BpUoEEqgfnUm4m6g@mail.gmail.com> <CAFYkXjmCMamipfcy-nyGmvuPBCZ779O0HYEdPUwYH21tRMqmyg@mail.gmail.com> <CA%2B1FSiiNpu0WGGq=F5=W_6uzF_ar_QPYqgLJW0rY7gzj3tdxiA@mail.gmail.com> <CAFYkXjk4Xe9He4fShjSWfyd3UjxtSnw=x=eOc6UazQkHQS5mXw@mail.gmail.com>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] I still have the old "Samsung / Google Nexus 10" tablet. I don't like Android. Any help to install FreeBSD instead of Android on this device is appreciated. Thanks. On Thu, May 11, 2023 at 10:30 PM Tomek CEDRO <tomek@cedro.info> wrote: > On Thu, May 11, 2023 at 8:47 PM Mario Marietto wrote: > > Hello Tomek. > > ---> In a perfect world we could focus on RISC-V based devices. > > I don't know any RISC-V based devices. Please give me some examples. > > RISC-V is the future of computing hardware Open-Source CPU > specification that gets more and more traction around the world > starting from tiny MCU like ESP32-C3 or ESP32-C6 (WiFi and BLE > capable), along with dedicated IC for mass storage controllers (used > by WD and Seagate for instance), along with OS capable running devices > (more powerful than rPI), ending up at highly experimental designs > that you can run yourself on FPGA and will serve to design 1000 core > CPU, neural networks accelerators, building satellites and space ship > onboard systems, 128-bit+ architectures, etc etc. > > RISC-V as Open-Source design has no boundaries, no limitations, is no > subject to politics and no single group of influence/interest. Due to > lack of restrictive licensing resulting MCU/CPU chip is a lot cheaper > and thus accessible (i.e. ESP32-C3 RISC-V BLE and WiFi MCU cost around > $0.6/piece compared to $3/piece ARM Cortex-M0+ with BLE and no WiFi > and a magnitude smaller memory). > > We may not fix the past but we can prepare for the future :-) > > https://riscv.org/about/ > > https://riscv.org/exchanges/boards/ > > https://riscv.org/risc-v-developer-boards/ > > https://www.sifive.com/boards > > https://www.starfivetech.com/en/site/boards > > https://pine64.com/product/star64-model-a-8gb-single-board-computer/ > > > https://riscv.org/news/2022/09/nasa-selects-sifive-and-makes-risc-v-the-go-to-ecosystem-for-future-space-missions-sifive-business-wire/ > > > https://riscv.org/news/2020/12/et-soc-1-chip-with-more-than-1000-risc-v-cores-aimed-at-accelerating-machine-learning-abhishek-jadhav-hackster-io/ > > > https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/06/sifives-brand-new-p550-is-one-of-the-worlds-fastest-risc-v-cpus/ > > > https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/search/searchresult.jsp?newsearch=true&queryText=risc-v > > -- > CeDeROM, SQ7MHZ, http://www.tomek.cedro.info > -- Mario. [-- Attachment #2 --] <div dir="ltr">I still have the old "Samsung / Google Nexus 10" tablet. I don't like Android. Any help to install FreeBSD instead of Android on this device is appreciated. Thanks.</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, May 11, 2023 at 10:30 PM Tomek CEDRO <<a href="mailto:tomek@cedro.info">tomek@cedro.info</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">On Thu, May 11, 2023 at 8:47 PM Mario Marietto wrote:<br> > Hello Tomek.<br> > ---> In a perfect world we could focus on RISC-V based devices.<br> > I don't know any RISC-V based devices. Please give me some examples.<br> <br> RISC-V is the future of computing hardware Open-Source CPU<br> specification that gets more and more traction around the world<br> starting from tiny MCU like ESP32-C3 or ESP32-C6 (WiFi and BLE<br> capable), along with dedicated IC for mass storage controllers (used<br> by WD and Seagate for instance), along with OS capable running devices<br> (more powerful than rPI), ending up at highly experimental designs<br> that you can run yourself on FPGA and will serve to design 1000 core<br> CPU, neural networks accelerators, building satellites and space ship<br> onboard systems, 128-bit+ architectures, etc etc.<br> <br> RISC-V as Open-Source design has no boundaries, no limitations, is no<br> subject to politics and no single group of influence/interest. Due to<br> lack of restrictive licensing resulting MCU/CPU chip is a lot cheaper<br> and thus accessible (i.e. ESP32-C3 RISC-V BLE and WiFi MCU cost around<br> $0.6/piece compared to $3/piece ARM Cortex-M0+ with BLE and no WiFi<br> and a magnitude smaller memory).<br> <br> We may not fix the past but we can prepare for the future :-)<br> <br> <a href="https://riscv.org/about/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://riscv.org/about/</a><br>; <br> <a href="https://riscv.org/exchanges/boards/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://riscv.org/exchanges/boards/</a><br>; <br> <a href="https://riscv.org/risc-v-developer-boards/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://riscv.org/risc-v-developer-boards/</a><br>; <br> <a href="https://www.sifive.com/boards" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.sifive.com/boards</a><br>; <br> <a href="https://www.starfivetech.com/en/site/boards" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.starfivetech.com/en/site/boards</a><br>; <br> <a href="https://pine64.com/product/star64-model-a-8gb-single-board-computer/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://pine64.com/product/star64-model-a-8gb-single-board-computer/</a><br>; <br> <a href="https://riscv.org/news/2022/09/nasa-selects-sifive-and-makes-risc-v-the-go-to-ecosystem-for-future-space-missions-sifive-business-wire/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://riscv.org/news/2022/09/nasa-selects-sifive-and-makes-risc-v-the-go-to-ecosystem-for-future-space-missions-sifive-business-wire/</a><br>; <br> <a href="https://riscv.org/news/2020/12/et-soc-1-chip-with-more-than-1000-risc-v-cores-aimed-at-accelerating-machine-learning-abhishek-jadhav-hackster-io/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://riscv.org/news/2020/12/et-soc-1-chip-with-more-than-1000-risc-v-cores-aimed-at-accelerating-machine-learning-abhishek-jadhav-hackster-io/</a><br>; <br> <a href="https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/06/sifives-brand-new-p550-is-one-of-the-worlds-fastest-risc-v-cpus/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/06/sifives-brand-new-p550-is-one-of-the-worlds-fastest-risc-v-cpus/</a><br>; <br> <a href="https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/search/searchresult.jsp?newsearch=true&queryText=risc-v" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/search/searchresult.jsp?newsearch=true&queryText=risc-v</a><br>; <br> -- <br> CeDeROM, SQ7MHZ, <a href="http://www.tomek.cedro.info" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.tomek.cedro.info</a><br>; </blockquote></div><br clear="all"><br><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature">Mario.<br></div>
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