We’re happy to share that DeepComputing’s DC-ROMA RISC-V Mainboard for Framework Laptop 13 is now in stock and shipping in the Framework Marketplace. This is very much a developer-focused board to help accelerate maturing the software ecosystem around RISC-V, so we recommend waiting for future RISC-V products if you’re looking for a consumer-ready experience. We shared more detail on the Mainboard in an earlier blog post and video, but as a quick summary, this is powered by a StarFive JH7110 processor that uses the open source RISC-V ISA. The team at DeepComputing designed it to drop directly into a Framework Laptop 13 chassis or Cooler Master Mainboard Case. They have published setup guides for the hardware and for installing Ubuntu and Fedora.
. . .
6 Likes
I wish I had the money to waste on this just for the coolness factor. I hope plenty of actual developers buy into this platform, so the next one they release might make more sense for regular desktop use.
5 Likes
System developers (ex: deal with the OS+drivers) usually don’t (have to) wait for CPUs, as binary translation works to a large extent, like Berberis for Android.