| From: Stewart C. Russell via talk <talk@gtalug.org> | The only RISC-V I have is a WEMOS D1 Mini C3 — | https://universal-solder.ca/product/wemos-d1-mini-c3-v1-0-0-esp32-c3fh4-genu... | . An impressive little thing, but still not up to running much more than | MicroPython. This is based on an ESP32-C3 which has a single 32-bit RISC-V core. <https://www.espressif.com/en/products/socs/esp32-c3> You may have others RISC V things about, for example embeded in disk drives. You can get a RISC-V that runs some kind of linux for not too much money. The Sipeed Lichee RV has an Allwinner D1 which uses the XuanTie C906 RISC-V 64-bit core. Inexpensive but not very powerful. You can buy these from AliExpress.com. I don't quite understand the bits. You seem to have to buy the processor and a "dock". Most units have 512M of RAM but some have 1G. For example, on this page, if you pick the $53.35 "bundle", I think you get a complete system with WiFi and 1G of RAM. 11.76 shipping. But I'm not sure because the description is poor. Still, it is useful just to see the brochure (just duplicated from SiPEED, I presume). <https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005003741287162.html>

| From: Kevin Cozens via talk <talk@gtalug.org> | On 2022-05-10 10:36, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote: | > For example, on this page, if you pick the $53.35 "bundle", I think you | > get a complete system with WiFi and 1G of RAM. 11.76 shipping. But I'm | > not sure because the description is poor. Still, it is useful just to see | > the brochure (just duplicated from SiPEED, I presume). | > <https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005003741287162.html> | | That web page shows that it has WiFi but a few lines up it states that it only | has 512MB of DDR3 RAM. Aliexpresss is full of confusing pages. Some intentionally so. The Lichee RV is a slightly confusing product too. This might be helpful: <https://wiki.sipeed.com/hardware/en/lichee/RV/RV.html> - the processor board has a double M.2 connector, like a pair of NVMe drives. Both must be connected to something. It also has: a TF card slot (think SD card). a USB C OTG socket. an SPI socket to connect a 1.14" LCD - the "dock" (AKA "bottom board") has a pair of M.2 sockets for the processor board. It has most of the things you would hook up. Most pages have a selector box for "color" which is often not colour at all. In this case, the selection box is "bundle:". If you click one of the boxes under "bundle:", you will be making a selection. To the right of "Bundle:", in grey letters, you will see the name of that selection. And you will see the price change. If you click to the selection with C$53.35 price, you will see a description "with wifi 1G". Some of the bundle selections are not at all clear. For example, the C$10.98 bundle says "with wifi 512M". What could it be? It is too cheap to include everything; the picture shows the dock; I presume that it is not a bundle and does not include the processor board. But then why does it say "512m" when the memory is on the processor board? There are many other listings that you can find on AliExpress.com if you search for Lichee RV. I haven't looked for the cheapest (too much work) or the best (how would you be able to tell?). Like I said, confusing. Warning: if you search AliExpress, you will see links to listings with low prices. These prices are the lowest of all the "color" selections and often are not what the "headline" says it is.