SG2042 Newsletter (2024-07-26 #052)

Editor’s Note

Welcome to the fifty-second issue of the SG2042 Newsletter. In this issue, we bring you the latest updates on SG2042 and provide a series of news over Milk-V Duo. Hope you will enjoy this update.

Highlights

  • Exploring Binary Translation: openKylin Successfully Runs x86 Architecture Software on RISC-V Platform! Recently, the RISC-V SIG team has successfully run x86 architecture software on the Sophon SG2042 platform and the openKylin 2.0 RISC-V version system. This includes applications such as WeChat, WPS Office and Tencent Meeting. The achievement was made possible by resolving key issues in instruction translation and function library wrapping.

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Upstream

Most of the code is already open-source and can be obtained from repositories such as Sophgo Technologies · GitHub. The following are some useful repo resources:

Linux kernel

U-Boot

  • No commits this week

OpenSBI

  • No commits this week

Case Study

We’re looking for fun, good, or profitable use cases for SG2042. Feel free to share your experiences with us - just send a PR!

Events and Games

  • Although there are no specific activities planned this week, we encourage you to explore our previous editions and engage with us through our social media channels.

In the News

News from Japanese, Korean and other language communities

Not ready yet. We are recruiting multilingual volunteers and interns. Welcome to join us! Please email Wei Wu if you are interested in being an open source community intern.