[libre-riscv-dev] https://slashdot.org/story/20/06/23/1548205/amazon-unveils-2-billion-fund-to-invest-in-startups-building-sustainable-technology

[Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton]

On Tuesday, June 23, 2020, Yehowshua <yimmanuel3 at gatech.edu> wrote:

> Sorry - meant to say I **just reached out. As in I sent them an email


very cool.

here, i am tempted to suggest riding on EOMA68 (and the much smaller
miniature version, EOMA50) and that LibreSOC simply be put into Card form
as part of a *range* of eco-conscious products.

the reason for that is that the long-term environmental justification and
e-waste savings for EOMA-compliant products is pretty clear cut and well
understood, and the cost savings and benefits for endusers are also clear
and easy to understand.

http://rhombus-tech.net/whitepapers/ecocomputing_07sep2015/

LibreSOC *on its own* is just one component (a tiny one) that is below 5
percent of the BOM of any given eco-conscious product, and, in addition,
LibreSOC processors can equally be used in eco-oblivious products.

therefore as a minority component it has very little actual reduction in
e-waste per-se.... *unless included in eco-conscious products*.  and that's
where the EOMA strategy comes in.

l.

(note: EOMA50 because it is based on re-use of 3.3mm CompactFlash Cards is
much smaller and can fit into smartphones.  EOMA68 which is creditcard size
is just that little bit too big)



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