The RISC-V development boards I have unboxed are quite a few, and my previous view was that they are quite good in the Internet of Things field, but compared to Raspberry Pi and Orange Pi, their performance is far behind.
However, this time the StarFive VisionFive2 I got is different.
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Its performance is similar to RK3568, slightly weaker than Raspberry Pi 4B, but stronger than Raspberry Pi 3B.
It uses StarFive JH7110’s 64bit SoC, with four RV64GC cores, and a frequency of up to 1.5GHz.
The GPU uses Imagination’s IMG BXE-4-32 MC1
The performance is about twice that of the Raspberry Pi 4B GPU.
The Raspberry Pi’s GPU has always been a bottleneck. The official promotion claims that this development board is the first mass-produced RISC-V single-board computer integrated with a 3D GPU.
Memory options are 2GB/4GB/8GB LPDDR4 SDRAM.
In terms of interfaces,
there are four USB3.0 interfaces, using PCIe2.0x1 channel.
One HDMI2.0 interface
two Gigabit Ethernet ports
and they are all on this side, making the interface layout quite reasonable.
A 40-pin IO interface, consistent with Raspberry Pi. It also supports PoE power supply.
USB Type-C interface, supports PD power supply, and also supports data transmission through the interface.
Supports eMMC module installation, and has an M.2 2280 interface.
I searched their website and couldn’t find out whether it supports SATA or NVME interfaces. I saw in the forum that it is said to be NVMe interface, PCIe2.0x1 channel.
There’s nothing to complain about; all aspects are considered quite thoroughly.
Especially the four USB3.0 and two Gigabit Ethernet ports are quite practical.
For detailed configurations, you can check the image
This is a basic situation of its hardware.
On the software side, it’s not so friendly. Currently, the official only supports Debian, and the official website is all in English, with relatively little related information.There is a forum called RVspace with some content, but it only has two or three pages to flip through.So the ecosystem still needs some time to grow.
Recently, there has been news that Google is already working on this aspect, and I believe that soon this development board will also be able to run Android systems.
Ubuntu has also confirmed the porting, and there are already community-built images available.
OpenEuler has also been successfully ported, and it is still worth looking forward to its future performance.
I think this is a development board worth trying, especially if you want to explore the RISC-V architecture ecosystem, this is worth getting.
The current price of the development board is
for the 4GB memory version
544
for the 8GB memory version
711
Personally, I suggest that the 4GB version is sufficient. However, to be honest, this price is not competitive compared to ARM development boards in the same price range; with just a little more, you could buy an RK3588S development board.
But as a RISC-V development board that can finally catch up with ARM development boards in performance, it is still worth supporting. I also hope that the RISC-V architecture can go further in the future, for example, in the mobile field, and that the development board market can gain more momentum, allowing us to use better performance and cost-effective products.
Currently, RISC-V has shown such a trend in the Internet of Things field, with RISC-V chips becoming cheaper and cheaper, especially domestic RISC-V chips like Bouleau, which I find very good, affordable, and with strong performance.
However, the weakness of RISC-V is also very obvious, which is its ecosystem. It’s not very robust, but it’s always a process that needs some time; maybe in a few years, RISC-V could potentially overturn the ARM ecosystem.
Alright, I’ll stop here. If you have anything to say, remember to comment below, and if you think I did well, don’t forget to like.
StarFive VisionFive2
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