Pine64 Launches Fee-Based Star64 on RISC-V Architecture

The Pine64 community, known for creating open devices, has announced the release of the one-pay Computer Star64 which is built using the four-haired processor Starfive JH7110 based on the RISC-V architecture. The announcement was made on their website in a post dated April 1, 2023. According to the post, the fees for the Star64 will be available for ordering starting April 4, 2023. The device will be sold for $70 if you choose the option with 4 GB of RAM, and for $90 with 8 GB of RAM.

The Star64 board is packed with features such as 128 MB QSPI NOR FLASH, 2.4GHZ/5GHZ MIMO WIFI 802.11 b/g/n/ac, Bluetooth 5.2, two gigabit ethernet ports, HDMI 2.0 slot, SD Card, EMMC, 1 port of the USB 3.0 port, 3 ports USB 2.0, audio unit 3.5mm, 40-Pin GPIO. It measures 133 × 80 × 19 mm and has a GPU BX-4-32 from Imagination Technology for accelerating the graphics which supports OpenCl 3.0, OpenGL ES 3.2, and Vulkan 1.2.


The RISC-V architecture provides an open and flexible system of machine instructions that allows for the creation of microprocessors for arbitrary areas of application without any restrictions. The specification allows for the design of completely open SOC and processor projects. Several dozen options for nuclei of microprocessors, more than a hundred SOC, and already-produced chips are currently being developed based on the RISC-V specification by different companies and communities under various free licenses (BSD, MIT, Apache 2.0). RISC-V support is available from GLIBC 2.27, Binutils 2.30, GCC 7, and Linux 4.15.

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