schizoidman@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agoThe Framework Laptop 13 is about to become one of the world’s first RISC-V laptopswww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square129fedilinkarrow-up1715arrow-down19 cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.ziptechnology@hexbear.netriscv@lemmy.ml
arrow-up1706arrow-down1external-linkThe Framework Laptop 13 is about to become one of the world’s first RISC-V laptopswww.theverge.comschizoidman@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square129fedilink cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.ziptechnology@hexbear.netriscv@lemmy.ml
minus-squarenickwitha_k (he/him)@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·5 months ago And if you have a 3D printer, you can make your own pieces and share them with others. I really wish that an affordable desktop chip fab was a thing. Maybe with graphene semiconductors it could be feasible.
minus-squaresugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 months agoIt’s affordable today, but only for big orders in the millions (e.g. someone like Valve is big enough). It would be super cool if small batches (hundreds) were feasible, but I don’t think there’s much demand there since that’s where FPGAs come in.
I really wish that an affordable desktop chip fab was a thing. Maybe with graphene semiconductors it could be feasible.
It’s affordable today, but only for big orders in the millions (e.g. someone like Valve is big enough).
It would be super cool if small batches (hundreds) were feasible, but I don’t think there’s much demand there since that’s where FPGAs come in.