News MangoPi RISC-V router

[sfx2000]

First I've seen... let's see where this goes, but I'm thinking that RISC-V will start being "more of a thing", esp now that ARM is starting to play games with Licensing...

Question now - on the mainstream Router/AP SoC providers, who will commit to RISC-V first - Broadcom, Qualcomm, or Mediatek?

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Source here - https://www.cnx-software.com/2023/07/04/risc-v-router-dual-gbe-dual-usb-2-0-can-bus-rs485/

MangoPi RISC-V router specifications (preliminary):

• SoC – ArtInChip D213ECV 64-bit RISC-V (RV64IMAFDC) processor
• System Memory – 128MB 16-bit DDR3 @ 672 MHz (SiP)
• Storage – 256MB (2Gbit) SPI NAND flash (Winbond 25N02KVZEIR), microSD card slot (bottom side of the board)
• Networking – 2x Gigabit Ethernet RJ45 ports via Realtek RTL8211F transceiver
• Display – FPC connector for MIPI DSI and capacitive touch
• USB – 2x USB 2.0 ports
• Serial
  • 2x CAN 2.0 interfaces via terminal block
  • 2-pin header for RS485 (MAX13487EESA)
• Debugging – 3-pin UART header for serial console
• Expansion – 22-pin header with GPIOs, UART, SPI, ADC, 5V, 3.3V, and GND
• Misc – Reset and Boot buttons; 4x LEDs for Power, System, WAN, and LAN
• Power Supply – 5V via USB Type-C port
• Dimensions – 5 x 5cm

 

[coxhaus]

When I first started networking, we had a few Sun workstations that were RISC based back in the really old days. I seem to remember it takes more instructions to perform what Intel could do in 1.

 

[sfx2000]

When I first started networking, we had a few Sun workstations that were RISC based back in the really old days. I seem to remember it takes more instructions to perform what Intel could do in 1.

Yes - just note that ARM is RISC... so we've all been doing RISC based computing for a long time...

RISC-V is fairly recent, and unlike other ISA's, it's open-source... there are outfits that license cores, but the ISA is still open...