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This RISC-V cyberdeck is not for you

Jeff Geerling 9:15

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It's the first RISC-V cyberdeck—but most people shouldn't buy it.

Thanks to Sipeed for sending this Lichee Console 4A for testing. You can find it and their other Lichee 4A RISC-V hardware here: https://sipeed.com/licheepi4a

Other resources mentioned in this video:

- All my test data: https://github.com/geerlingguy/sbc-reviews/issues/39
- Blog post: https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2024/sipeeds-new-handheld-risc-v-cyberdeck
- Intel N100 netbook: https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256805804244321.html

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Contents:

00:00 - It's not for you
01:18 - Hardware overview
02:08 - It went a little sideways...
04:10 - Quirks
05:32 - RISC-V TH1520 Performance
08:19 - With great interest

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