Framework Laptop 13 is Getting a Drop-In RISC-V Mainboard Option - OMG! Ubuntu
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Those of you who own a Framework Laptop 13 —consider me jealous, btw— or are considering buying one in the near future, you may be interested to know that
  • Strit@lemmy.linuxuserspace.showEnglish
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    5 months 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?

    • javasux@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      5 months 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