
Furthermore, RISC-V is also gaining traction in the Internet of Things (IoT) and embedded systems market, with companies such as SiFive, Microchip and NXP Semiconductors releasing RISC-V based products. They may also be experimenting with RISC-V to run Android on for future mobile phones. For example, Western Digital has announced that it is transitioning its entire product line to RISC-V, and Google has announced that it is using RISC-V in its data centers. The RISC-V ISA is being widely adopted in the industry, from small startups to large corporations.

It also allows for a more dynamic and adaptable technology that can evolve as per the needs of the community and industry. This is particularly important for those looking to commercialize their designs and bring products to market. This allows developers to have full control over their designs and to use them in a way that best suits their needs.

One advantage of RISC-V is that it does not come with the licensing restrictions of proprietary ISAs like ARM. Note that the eMMC storage only has a single lane so you won’t reach super high speeds with it. The board costs about $99 and can be found among many retailers, such as AmeriDroid in the US. It also has Gigabit Ethernet, USB 3.0, and HDMI ports, as well as support for WiFi and Bluetooth. This new board features a quad-core processor with a clock speed of 1.5GHz, 2GB of LPDDR4 RAM (there is also 4GB and 8GB RAM versions available) and an eMMC storage and TF card slot. Until now most of the powerful RISC-V systems were much more expensive and out of reach of most of us. Oh, and what games you’re playing on it, especially if they include Cultist Simulator.Īnd to make your Steam Link setup process easier, type rpf.The VisionFive 2 is a new RISC-V System-on-a-Chip (SoC) board that offers powerful performance (somewhere between RPi 3 and RPi 4) and low cost. Let us know if you’ve tried the Steam Link app on Raspberry Pi, and what you think of it.

But in case you’re interested, Cultist Simulator is made by Factory Weather, and there are currently some photos of a tiny kitten on their homepage, so go check it out. “Took less than five minutes before I was investigating strange cults from the comfort of my sofa,” explained Simon, as we all nodded, inwardly judging him a little for his game of choice. He even went so far as to copy and paste the short line of code via a Chromium search for the announcement, instead of typing it in for himself.Īnd then Simon just had to sign into his Steam account and boom, Bob’s your uncle, Sally’s your aunt, the process was complete.

It took Simon all of five minutes to get Steam Link up and running on his TV.
