The Magic of RISC-V Vector Processing; Instructional Video

The Magic of RISC-V Vector Processing

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ozj_xU0rSyY 

 

139,406 views May 30, 2024 The 1.0 RISC-V Vector Specification is now Ratified, and the first pieces of silicon using the new spec are starting to hit the shelves. I go over the utility of Vector Instructions, why you would want them, why you should care, and how to use them in raw assembly code! We also touch on some complex computer engineering topics like Vector Length Agnosticism. By the end of this video, you'll understand why this is such an exciting time in computing history! Note: This video is not sponsored, I just think the K230 is an interesting chip.

•  RISC-V Official 1.0 Vector Spec: https://github.com/riscv/riscv-v-spec... 
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With this information available to read.  We can select a RiscV SBC to practice with.  Testing assembly language code that we write and maybe a Port of GhostBSD (FreeBSD) kernel source code to run on a selected Risc-V SBC.

 

RISC-V Single Board Computers (SBC's) to use with FreeBSD?

 

https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/risc-v-single-board-computers-sbcs.93111/

NEzha RISC-V 64 D1 

https://www.amazon.com/Waveshare-VisionFive2-Integrated-8GB-WiFi/dp/B0BQYDWGYZ  $110 USD

https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/freebsd-on-visionfive2-board-with-risc-v-rv64gc-starfive-jh7110-soc.87757/ 

FreeBSD Journal Jan/Feb 2020 PDF Article Getting Started with FreeBSD-Risc-V PDF https://freebsdfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Getting-Started-With-FreeBSD-RISC-V.pdf 

WIKI FreeBSD RISC-V https://wiki.freebsd.org/riscv

https://boilingsteam.com/vision-five-2-board-review/

https://forums.FreeBSD.org/threads/freebsd-on-visionfive2-board-with-risc-v-rv64gc-starfive-jh7110-soc.87757/post-640777

Khadas VIM4 Amlogic A311D2 Single Board Computer Supports 4K UI and HDMI Input, 4 Display Interfaces, LAN WiFi 6 & Bluetooth 5.1, 8GB 64bit LPDDR4X 2016MHz, MaliG52MP8(8EE) GPU

 

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09ZTLLZLZ/ref=sspa_dk_detail_0?pd_rd_i=B09ZTLLZLZ&pd_rd_w=sxdxn&content-id=amzn1.sym.eb7c1ac5-7c51-4df5-ba34-ca810f1f119a&pf_rd_p=eb7c1ac5-7c51-4df5-ba34-ca810f1f119a&pf_rd_r=DH3QA6Q4ATV5G01BZG6Q&pd_rd_wg=2MZBn&pd_rd_r=08a0e52b-30cf-4d39-882b-a59e3a2d3b70&s=pc&sp_csd=d2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9kZXRhaWw&th=1 

 

Copied from forum FreeBSD Post Jan 27, 2024 by  Gyptazy

Alright, I created an image, unfortunately fbsd is not the way to go here right now. I made some collections on my site if someone is interested and some benchmark tests. The performance is on a Pi3 level, sometimes a little bit better but don’t expect too much. However, it’s still enough for me that I took the opportunity to let it serve my primary Webserver (only static content) and replaced two of my auth NS, as well as two ntp. Low power things are pretty cool for this board. I have 5 boards (4 in production in Debian) and one at home for playing around… hope we can improve the support of fbsd on this board quickly - LicheePi and VF2 are probably the most affordable and common boards for nerds like us