Hi!
The FPGA-based U500, how well does it work now, can you boot Linux?
If so, does it have gbit ethernet, how much RAM, what effective frequency does it run at, any guide anywhere for how to boot it?
Like, what’s the quantitative and qualitative status. Thank you very much for your project, it’s awesome.
Thanks,
Tinker
I’m just a bystander (with an E300 “HiFive1”, no experience on FPGA or U500) but if I’ve picked it up correctly from other conversations, I think you get a single core at 65 MHz but otherwise fully functional with MMU and FPU and can run Linux.
The production silicon later is expected to be 1.6 GHz and I think quad core.
No doubt someone from SiFive will be along with the exact details after the US weekend, if not before.
About the production silicon, cool.
About the 65Mhz on FPGA, cool also.
Are there any buying, setup and installation instructions for Linux on such an U500 FPGA? Also what peripherals do you get, and how much RAM?
There’s a getting started guide for the FPGA based U500 here:
@brucehoult is correct–it is fully functional and can boot/run Linux and do cool engineering things like run Doom 