[HN Gopher] Isle FPGA Computer: creating a simple, open, modern ...
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       Isle FPGA Computer: creating a simple, open, modern computer
        
       Author : pabs3
       Score  : 31 points
       Date   : 2025-08-06 04:20 UTC (3 days ago)
        
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       | OrvalWintermute wrote:
       | 64bit RISC5 is cheap & has significant advantages around address
       | space, computational efficiency, and suitability for high-
       | performance applications while being more future-proof for
       | complex systems.
       | 
       | It is cheap also, with the F133*, priced at approximately $1.00
       | to $1.50 per unit in bulk
       | 
       | If looking more for US stuff (fabbed in South Korea), PIC64GX1000
       | can be as little as $21 but much more capable.
        
         | jecel wrote:
         | Please note that RISC-V and RISC5 are different projects:
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         | https://riscv.org
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         | https://riskfive.com
         | 
         | Despite the name of the second site, the actual processor is
         | called RISC5 (see the menu on the left) and is part of the
         | Oberon project by Niklaus Wirth.
        
       | jecel wrote:
       | Though DVI/HDMI monitors are supposed to handle 640x480, over
       | half of the ones I have tested don't display anything. Every
       | single one of them worked just fine at 1280x768, however, so I am
       | changing my projects to use that.
        
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