BeagleBoard is announcing the launch of a new open source hardware SBC, sniffing its way into the RISC-V ecosystem - the BeagleV-Ahead. It's based on the TH1520, a quad core 64-bit RISC-V SoC from T-Head. BeagleBoard is announcing the launch of a new open source hardware SBC, sniffing its way into the RISC-V ecosystem - the BeagleV-Ahead. It is based on the TH1520, a quad core 64-bit RISC-V SoC from T-Head.