Right now, not very. Basically only open source software can run on it, and only if it’s either exceptionally portable or has been tweaked to compile for it.
In the future, hopefully this is usable for general computing, but right now it’s basically only usable for R&D or niche applications.
The path forward for RISC-V is getting it into more developers’ hands though, so having it available for really nice hardware like the Framework is awesome.
Right now, not very. Basically only open source software can run on it, and only if it’s either exceptionally portable or has been tweaked to compile for it.
In the future, hopefully this is usable for general computing, but right now it’s basically only usable for R&D or niche applications.
The path forward for RISC-V is getting it into more developers’ hands though, so having it available for really nice hardware like the Framework is awesome.