The RISC-V Revolution has begun!

This single board computer could start a revolution in the industry! Or so some people think.

What makes it tick? And will this board bring RISC-V to the mainstream—at least for hobby computing?

Mentioned in this video:

- StarFive VisionFive 2: https://www.starfivetech.com/en
- More test results on GitHub: https://github.com/geerlingguy/sbc-reviews/issues/10
- AMD RX 6700 XT working on HiFive Unmatched: https://riscv.org/news/2021/07/rene-rebe-patches-the-linux-kernel-for-worlds-first-look-at-a-radeon-rx-6700xt-on-a-risc-v-pc-gareth-halfacree-hackster-io/

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Contents:

00:00 - RISC-V Business
01:36 - Initial experience
03:13 - How fast is it?
05:08 - Bumps in the road
05:57 - NVMe and storage oddities
06:36 - GPU and hardware acceleration
07:27 - Using and abusing PCIe
09:10 - Efficiency
09:42 - A prime opportunity