Lichee Pi 4A: Serious RISC-V Desktop Computing (19:13)
Sipeed Lichee Pi 4A RISC-V SBC review and Debian demo. This is the first RISC-V computer I’ve tested that's provided a usable desktop computing experience right out of the box. End-user RISC-V is starting to arrive! :)
I have reviewed four previous RISC-V SBCs, including the StarFive VisionFive 2, which also (after some messing around) provides a good desktop experience:
• VisionFive 2: RISC-V Quad Core Low Co...
I also have an 2023 update on RISC-V developments here:
• RISC-V 2023 Update: From Embedded Com...
And my general introduction to RISC-V is here:
• Explaining RISC-V: An x86 & ARM Alter...
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Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
00:45 Unboxing
03:33 Specifications
07:26 First Boot
10:37 Debian Demo
18:10 Another Milestone
I’m only vaguely familiar with risc-v. What is the current state of running containers on it? Can I just spin up an existing x86 or arm container? Or is this a new build target that some images may not support yet?
If your container target —platform is the same as your bare metal ( or VM, but that’s not what we’re talking about): works great.
If they’re not the same, docker needs a virtualization layer to work, since the kernel of the host machine OS cannot be trivially shared with the container.
Performance is coming along amazingly well! And the prices dont seem to be inflating either. Within a few years ARM could face some real competition in desktop computing