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Common, my ARM $200 pinecone laptop from idk 2019? Has like that much.
If you offer soldered only, don't put too little of it? Wtf.
This isn’t really a „just solder more of it“ situation. This is the absolute maximum amount this processor can support due to it’s bandwidth etc.
Remember, this is mostly about making a more or less recycled SBC more accessible for development work. If you want to do pretty much anything besides ensuring compatibility of your own software this is not for you.
A SOC that can't handle more than 8GB of RAM?
Sorry but that seems worthless to me when there are already raspberries, smartphones, other SOCs with 8GB.
As for "recycled SBC", well that's expensive then.
I just don't see the value in this.
Indeed, that's the same upper limit Raspberry Pi had until a few weeks ago and not really that unheard of for SBC chips like this :)
None of those are RISC-V nor laptops, so I don't really see how the two compare? That's a bit like saying there's no use for family cars as we have planes now.
Well, it does offer a lot more than just that. If you want an SBC, then great, get the SBC for cheaper. If you want a RISC-V laptop, well, good luck making one on your own with a cheap SBC for less. It's certainly doable! Just not really something every developer who would like to advance RISC-V wants to do.
Great, then the product is exactly as advertised and serving the market it's made for. I quote the blog post here: