schizoidman@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agoThe Framework Laptop 13 is about to become one of the world’s first RISC-V laptopswww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square130fedilinkarrow-up1725arrow-down110 cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.ziptechnology@hexbear.nettechnology@lemmygrad.ml
arrow-up1715arrow-down1external-linkThe Framework Laptop 13 is about to become one of the world’s first RISC-V laptopswww.theverge.comschizoidman@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square130fedilink cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.ziptechnology@hexbear.nettechnology@lemmygrad.ml
minus-squareapt_install_coffee@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 months agoBoth Intel and AMD invest a lot into open source drivers, firmware and userspace applications, but also due to the nature of X86_64’s UEFI, a lot of the proprietary crap is loaded in ROM on the motherboard, and as microcode.
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Both Intel and AMD invest a lot into open source drivers, firmware and userspace applications, but also due to the nature of X86_64’s UEFI, a lot of the proprietary crap is loaded in ROM on the motherboard, and as microcode.