The PC industry is changing: RISC-V goes mainstream

This is the first RISC-V motherboard I've been able to install in a normal computer case. How does it work? Is it ready for prime-time?

Huge thanks to Christopher Barnatt from @ExplainingComputers for talking to me about RISC-V for this video! And thanks to Milk-V for sending the board to test, and working with me to troubleshoot the WiFi issue I had.

Milk-V provided the two Jupiter motherboards I used in the making of this video, but did not pay for this review, nor have any input into it's content or production.

Resources and things I mentioned:

Contents:

00:00 - Milk-V Jupiter - RISC-V on ITX
01:44 - Testbench (performance)
03:39 - RISC-V perspectives
07:26 - Build montage!
08:38 - RISC-V fare in a minitower?
10:33 - Bianbu and Ubuntu, stable but slow
12:51 - Docker and development
14:33 - Not consumer-level (yet)

[danielreed]

Nice crossover with Chris, a "Chrisover".

[SnowyMan]

RISC-V going mainstream is the new year of the Linux desktop.

[gpturismo]

Seeing you and Chris from EC in one video... my nerd heart could barely take it. As for Risc-V, I can't wait to see what it offers as it matures.

[ej_tech]

I did not expect Explaining Computers anywhere outside his channel

[Bankhealthy]

Eyyy! Explaining Computers cross over! I really like that Chap!

[hikingpete]

I'm really excited to see you trying to get that GPU working on RISC-V!

[wrydsound]

If you wanna continue down this Risc-y rabbit hole, framework also has a risc-v mainboard in development that could be worth looking at

[aceae]

for 11:07, it mostly means month so translates to "8th month"
月 (month)
so for august they would just show that as "8 month"/"8月"

[Praxibetel-Ix]

I can really see a bright future ahead for RISC-V. :)

Also, CHRISTOPHER BARNATT, MY BELOVED!!! 🥺❤

[wittywilla]

It's nice seeing Explaining Computers on your channel! They are such an amazing resource for stuff like this

[thejman]

"RISC architecture is going to change everything" - Acid Burn

[esra_erimez]

Chris Barnatt and Jeff in the same video! Life is good!!!

[Nightwulf]

Thx for the video but I have some remarks.
1. the speed in YT is resulting from bad GPU drivers which is a commonly known problem with Imagination GPUs. If you would have used a Radeon RX550 in the PCIe slot, it would have looked much different!
2. a main difference between the K1/M1 chips is, that they support vector. That's why it is crucial to have software (even benchmarks) built with vector support which most aren't (or using version 0.7 of the standard but this one has 1.0!)
Other than that it was a nice and informative review.

[ianperkins]

I'm thrilled to see RISC-V making progress and BONUS having Jeff and Christopher in the same video. It's a 2-fer!

[terryevans]

Wishing RISC V the best of luck. I loved my time working on SunOS/Solaris/SPARC. I loved that Sun had published much of the Solaris/SPARC that it could be used in University classes. Hopefully that role could be assumed by RISC V and Linux.

[bentomo]

You tease! Of course we want to see GPU support on riscV!!!

[optical_ideas]

Those cases with wood are really nice.
Cool interview with Chris. Been following him for a long time too

[SB-qmwg]

That's awesome you had Explaining Computers on.

[crazysdrums]

Great presentation! It was interesting to hear Christopher speak at full speed. He usually, and tactfully, speaks more slowly during his videos. Hoping these AIO mobos mature into suitable alternatives for x86. I was thinking ARM might do that, but it hasn't turned out that way yet.

[ctrlaltrees]

This has been a long time coming! I'm going to have to get my hands on one of these and put it through its paces 😁