Hey everyone,
I’ve noticed this community is a bit barren. I’d like to add some posts myself but from a more ignorant POV.
It has come to my attention that there is not nearly enough software torture in my life. Hearing how companies are starting to add barriers to so-called “Translation layers” and other software pieces that give functionality to the underlying hardware…
What types of projects does the open source community need to pursue with respect to RISC-V drivers, firmware, or other necessary pieces to somewhat guarantee that the processor is compatible with GPUs, RAM, I/O, and other low level functions that hardware components perform?
Where should I start in my RISC-V journey? Is there a beginner computer or developer kit that I can purchase that won’t incinerate my wallet? I don’t expect to game or train LLMs off of a RISC-V-based computer, but am curious as to what a fully free hardware setup would consist of.
Love the idea of RISC-V!
I only continue to monitor reports by DJ Ware on YT. He is Bell Labs alumni and talks proxmox, distros, and stuff like the state of RISC V. Someone had announced an entire data center running RISC V within the last year. I’m clueless on anything deeper though.
I love DJ Ware after your recommendation! HPCs running RISC-V would be quite interesting…
Any time I hear someone is Bell Labs alumni, it gets my attention. I know of DJ Ware, Curious Marc, and The Signal Path. Marc is doing a bunch of stuff for the Computer History Museum and reverse engineering Apollo, and Shahriar is a gigahertz radio wizard for Bell Labs currently. Both links are to their personal blogs, but they are on YT as well.
I got into AI and took note of Yann LeCunn as the head of Meta AI. He is also Bell Labs alumni and one of the main forces behind offline open source AI.
If you or anyone else knows of Bell Labs alumni posting publicly facing content. Don’t hesitate to let me know. That credential tends to mean a whole lot in the grand scheme.