So there are fully blob-free desktop computers. For $3100. Based onβ¦ IBM POWER8. Wow. I didnβt even think IBM would be the one to work on the most open CPUs.
A much more realistic way to blob-free computing seems to be the open Raspberry Pi firmware. Itβs not a drop-in replacement yet, but it already runs ARM code with access to the SD card and the UART console!
Oh, and the Raspberry Pi is great from the βState considered harmfulβ perspective β everything is loaded from the SD card. Which also makes experimenting with replacing the firmware very safe and easy.