[334f905d22bc19]

There will also be the visionfive 2 lite in (hopefully) a moment for more risc-v capabilities. I am excited about it. Haven't looked too much into it, but what I've heard is that the visionfive 2 is not too bad. Lacks a few drivers or performance in them. Will see. I am also curious how easy it can be used for some OS dev.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/starfive/visionfive-2-l...

And if someone wants to get fancy and do some HW-SW-Codesign with risc-v and FPGAs, then there is the PolarFireSoC. A lot cheaper than AMD/Xilinx products and okay-ish to use. Their dev enviroment feels kinda outdated, but at least it's snappy. Also the documentation feels kinda sparse, but most stuff is documented __somewhere__ - you just gotta find it.

https://www.microchip.com/en-us/development-tool/MPFS-DISCO-...

Fun fact: The dev board costs less than the chip itself. (Apparently that's often the case, but I just noticed that the first time)

[brucehoult]

There is more than one dev board.

The Microchip "Icicle" came out in late 2020 with the largest FPGA in the range, made using pre-production chips. It was several years more before you could buy the chips themselves. Digikey says it's no longer manufactured and they're just running down stocks.

The BeagleV "Fire" is much cheaper ($150) and uses one of the smallest FPGA parts in the range.

GOWIN also has RISC-V FPGA SoCs (Arora V GW5AST series)