>I did read it. A Banana Pi is not the fastest developer platform. The title is misleading.

Ironically, its SoC (spacemiT K1) is slower than the JH7110 used in the first mass-produced RISC-V SBC, VisionFive 2.

But unlike JH7110, it has vector 1.0, making it a very popular target.

Of course, none of these pre-RVA23 boards will be relevant anymore, once the first development boards with RVA23-compatible K3 ship next month.

These are also much faster than anything RISC-V currently purchasable. Developers have been playing with them for months through ssh access.