• Strit@lemmy.linuxuserspace.show
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    13 days ago

    My knowledge of RISC-V is limited, but wouldn’t such a replacement degrade performance of the laptop to a crawl, since risc-v is still not great on that?

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      13 days ago

      I guess you just read the headline and then commented huh

      The performance (or lack thereof) in the StarFive JH7110 chip is something Framework mention in their blog announcement, explaining:

      We want to be clear that in this generation, it is focused primarily on enabling developers, tinkerers, and hobbyists to start testing and creating on RISC-V. The peripheral set and performance aren’t yet competitive with our Intel and AMD-powered Framework Laptop Mainboards

    • Leo@lemmy.linuxuserspace.showOPM
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      12 days ago

      Pretty much. If I could get a lock on a price, I might buy one as a glorified Raspberry Pi and stick it in one of those Cooler Master cases for fun and testing.