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1. satchmoz (satchmoz@mastodon.sdf.org)'s status on Tuesday, 12-Sep-2017 19:10:28 UTC satchmoz

   • maiki

   @maiki Not to keep waxing on about it but the EOMA68 project is definitely worth following. They are primarily working on a laptop and a microdesktop right now, but they have other form factors on their roadmap and actually care about RYF certification.

   They have plans for tablets and other handheld devices down the road.

   And honestly their trying to keep one on affordability in a way which doesn't seem to blip most other's radars.

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   • satchmoz (satchmoz@mastodon.sdf.org)'s status on Tuesday, 12-Sep-2017 19:18:03 UTC satchmoz

     • maiki

     @maiki Completely liberated silicon. Not only the instruction set but many of the chips itself are being designed completely in the open with no royalties. Also unlike other such attempts it's goal is to be competitive with proprietary silicon and scale from micro-controllers to general purpose computers.

     Its also much cleaner on the instruction set level than x86 and Arm.

     Its also going to possibly serve as the foundation of a new waive of SoCs many of which ought to be completely libre.

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   • Hallå Kitteh (clacke@social.heldscal.la)'s status on Tuesday, 12-Sep-2017 19:27:55 UTC Hallå Kitteh

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     • maiki
     @satchmoz @maiki
     
     In short, *only* "above average OCD technologists" care about RISC-V. ;-)
     
     It's really exciting that real hardware exists now, and I really hope it will get a foothold in at least the maker communities for starters.
   • Hallå Kitteh (clacke@social.heldscal.la)'s status on Tuesday, 12-Sep-2017 19:29:55 UTC Hallå Kitteh

     • maiki
     @maiki @satchmoz That's exactly how my parser put the implied parenthesis too.