schizoidman@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoThe Framework Laptop 13 is about to become one of the world’s first RISC-V laptopswww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square128fedilinkarrow-up1725arrow-down110
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 · 4 months agomessage-square128fedilink
minus-squareapt_install_coffee@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 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.
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.