#Europe bets on #RISC-V for homegrown supercomputing platform
https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/07/dare_europe_risc_v_project/

"Do you #DARE? Europe bets once again on RISC-V for #supercomputing #sovereignty
€240M found for three-year sprint to develop three chiplets for #HPC, #AI"

If the #EU would take this serious, that should have been Billions instead if Millions. And not a 3y sprint.

This would be really worth the investment. We need much more than that. Yesterday.

PipeWire 1.4 Is Out with RISC-V Support, MIDI2 Support, JACK Control API, and More

Highlights of PipeWire 1.4 include support for the RISC-V CPU architecture, a PipeWire JACK control API, DSD playback for the ALSA plugin, a system service for pipewire-pulse, Bluetooth support for BAP broadcast links, support for hearing aids using ASHA, a new G722 codec, and UMP (aka MIDI2) support.

9to5linux.com/pipewire-1-4-is-…
#Musicproduction #Pipewire #Midi2 #RiscV

This week in #FDroid (TWIF) is live:

- if you do read this you're a #luddite
- #RISCV builds our catalogue
- change your #Mastodon client
- #freeminer takes on #Luanti
- fresh #OpenConnect
- update #QUIK SMS
- #shatteredpixeldungeon 3.0 introduces The Cleric
- #warsmash brings Warcraft III into your hands

Up to 209 apps touched upon in https://f-droid.org/2025/03/06/twif.html

As RISC-V continues to develop as an architecture, learn about how Fedora is working in this space to enable RISC-V support!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jnq08SNx1O8

ual is a new programming language for small systems, it borrows from Lua, Forth, and Go/TinyGo.
https://github.com/ha1tch/ual

It's not a scripting language, it compiles to TinyGo, and Go, therefore binaries are produced for the same targets of those compilers. In the case of TinyGo using an optimised LLVM-based backend (esp32, risc-v, wasm, various mcus), and for mainstream server/desktop computing architectures via the Go compiler's own backend (x86-64, arm64, etc.) and OSes (Linux, Mac, Windows).
The general idea is that this design allows developers for fast iteration cycles on a workstation, with sound and safely tested algorithms before moving to a second stage workflow on the real embedded platform.

((Work in progrees))
Not ready to use yet, but I thought I'd RFC before I complete the first implementation, whilst there's still time.

Hope you find it interesting!

Spec:
https://github.com/ha1tch/ual/tree/main/spec

Examples:
https://github.com/ha1tch/ual/tree/main/examples

Let me know what you think!

RISC-V represents an exciting future for computing - one where everything from CPU architecture up to your favorite applications can be fully open.

We are excited to share a few milestones toward RISC-V support that our RISC-V SIG has produced!

* A RISC-V Koji instance is now live in our data center to support development and package maintenance
* We have ready-to-boot images that you can try using today

Learn more: https://fedoramagazine.org/risc-v-and-fedora-all-aboard/

I have managed to cross-compile mini-rv32ima (a tiny RISC-V Linux emulator) to 32-bit Windows and run it on Windows XP.

This is unbelievably cursed.

Framework Laptop’s RISC-V board for open source diehards is available for $199
—Ars Technica

｢ Framework CEO Nirav Patel says the board "is focused primarily on enabling developers, tinkerers, and hobbyists to start testing and creating on RISC-V," and processor limitations mean it uses soldered-down RAM and eMMC storage rather than the user-replaceable RAM and storage that the other Framework boards use ｣

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/02/framework-laptop-expands-beyond-x86-with-its-first-ever-risc-v-based-motherboard/

#Framework Laptop’s #RISCV board for #OpenSource diehards is available for $199

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/02/framework-laptop-expands-beyond-x86-with-its-first-ever-risc-v-based-motherboard/

I was excited about this #RiscV mainboard for #Framework laptops, until I saw that the RAM is soldered and it uses eMMC storage. I guess I should have expected that, right? ​

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/02/framework-laptop-expands-beyond-x86-with-its-first-ever-risc-v-based-motherboard/

Updating an charging up my two project devices. #oneplus6 with #postmarketos edge and #dcromapad2 running #ubuntu on #riscv for #fosdem tomorrow!

I‘m really looking forward to meeting some of my heroes of free software, hardware (eg yuning liang) as well as the free social web (@Gargron)

Feel free to approach me. I‘ll be wearing a blue led nametag with my handle.

Banana Pi BPI-F3 RISC-V SBC Bianbu supports dual system boot image online
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEsE6Go5_qY
#riscv #sbc #raspberrypi #bananapi #linux

｢ For #RISCV to truly reach the mainstream, it still needs to gain traction in the laptop market ｣

https://www.techradar.com/pro/the-rise-of-risc-2025-will-be-the-year-of-the-first-quasi-mainstream-risc-v-laptop-as-confirmed-by-the-ceo-of-framework-but-i-dont-think-it-will-be-ready-for-primetime

I just booted NetBSD/riscv for the first time on qemu, running on a Raspberry Pi 400. #NetBSD #RiscV #RaspberryPi

I was going through my closet to finish up a build that I'm selling to a coworker, and I totally forgot that @gloriouseggroll gifted me a #Jonsbo C2 with two drives and a cooler a while back.

Anyone have a great suggestion for an #ITX or smaller #riscv or #arm board for this case? I'd love a low-power fileserver/family chat host.

I just booted uLinux on #TinyTapeout 6!

Very easy to use flashing tool by Uri made it easy to test Hirosh's SoC!

Also big thanks to @mike & @mole99 for the PMOD we're using with designs that need external memory.

What should we call the kernel package for hifive premier p550? It may also work on other boards based on same SOC.