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1. rkagerer · 1789796807 · focus · HN ↗

   The RP2350 is Raspberry Pi’s dual-core microcontroller: each processor socket can select either an Arm Cortex-M33 or a RISC-V Hazard3 core at boot.

   Does that mean there are four cores on the die? Is there crazy amounts of MUXing going on? Does the extra, semi-unused area give the chip a premium price tag? Or did I misinterpret this?

   1. LukeShu · 1789810424 · focus · HN ↗

      > a premium price tag?

      $0.80 in bulk. Around $1.25 for individual quantities, depending on who your reseller is.

      AIUI, the CPU cores are a small fraction of the die area compared to all the peripherals on the chip.

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