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		pjc50 on Feb 14, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: RISC-V on the Verge of Broad Adoption People seem to forget that manufacturing and distribution of hardware is the expensive bit. "You" is never going to be an ordinary member of the public.

sitkack on Feb 15, 2019 [–]

Making ones own small batch riscv run is in the the price range of a good used Nissan Leaf to a new 3 Series. That is for delivered silicon.

Fpga implementations start at $5.

Individuals “waste” both of those amounts of money all the time.

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