#hardware #? #electronics
What's the highest performing processor/SoC an open source hardware+software computer could be made on?
I'm fine with the chip itself not being open hardware or running nonfree microcode, but apparently an average Joe can't even have the documentation enough to make a motherboard for x86 or a good ARM SoC.
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@L29Ah yea im just trying to understand where the cut ff is to give you an answer
@L29Ah i.MX8 line probably has enough documentation around to have a go. There might be other NXP lines worth looking at as well.
@L29Ah Power 9 is your best bet as far as I know, though they're still not going to make it easy I imagine:
https://openpowerfoundation.org/
Talos 2 is an example of high end Power 9 servers and desktops
https://www.raptorcs.com/TALOSII/
and they have a wiki that might be of some help, I dunno
https://wiki.raptorcs.com/wiki/Category:Documentation
@L29Ah Youa re asking the most powerful one that is simple enough for a non-expert to design around basically? So no traditional CPUs so basically just SoC not processors in general?