Ubuntu Talks Up A RISC-V Octa-Core Laptop
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DC-ROMA RISC-V Laptop II)
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- News link: https://www.phoronix.com/news/DC-ROMA-RISC-V-Laptop-II
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Ubuntu maker Canonical put out a news release today around the DC-ROMA RISC-V Laptop II that is an octa-core RISC-V laptop shipping soon with Ubuntu Linux.
The DC-ROMA RISC-V Laptop II features a SpacemiT K1 SoC with eight RISC-V 64-bit cores running at 2.0GHz, a big step up over their original effort with four cores running at 1.5GHz. That original DC-ROMA RISC-V laptop was [1]announced back in 2022 . The DC-ROMA RISC-V Laptop II features 16GB of memory and an all-metal chassis and 1080p display. Canonical collaborated with DeepComputing on Ubuntu Linux for this RISC-V laptop.
Pre-orders for the DC-ROMA RISC-V Laptop II are to begin on 18 June. Pricing has yet to be revealed on the DC-ROMA RISC-V Laptop II. The original quad-core model is currently listed for $766 USD compared to its original price of $1022. Given the small scale hardware manufacturing challenges, the pricing of the DC-ROMA RISC-V Laptop II will likely come in noticeably higher while the performance of even eight RISC-V cores will still be struggling in comparison to modern Intel / AMD / Arm laptop processors. The SpacemiT K1 also doesn't have any upstream open-source graphics driver as another disappointing aspect. I haven't had any hands-on with either DC-ROMA laptop model to know about the build quality.
The DC-ROMA RISC-V Laptop II will be shipping out-of-the-box with Ubuntu 23.10, surprisingly, rather than the new Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. The original DC-ROMA RISC-V laptop had options of either openKylin or Debian. More details on this RISC-V laptop will be revealed in the coming days but for now there is the brief information on [2]Canonical.com and [3]DeepComputing.io .
[1] https://www.phoronix.com/news/RISC-V-Dev-Laptop
[2] https://canonical.com/blog/worlds-first-risc-v-laptop-gets-a-massive-upgrade-and-equips-with-ubuntu
[3] https://deepcomputing.io/product/dc-roma-risc-v-laptop-ii/
The DC-ROMA RISC-V Laptop II features a SpacemiT K1 SoC with eight RISC-V 64-bit cores running at 2.0GHz, a big step up over their original effort with four cores running at 1.5GHz. That original DC-ROMA RISC-V laptop was [1]announced back in 2022 . The DC-ROMA RISC-V Laptop II features 16GB of memory and an all-metal chassis and 1080p display. Canonical collaborated with DeepComputing on Ubuntu Linux for this RISC-V laptop.
Pre-orders for the DC-ROMA RISC-V Laptop II are to begin on 18 June. Pricing has yet to be revealed on the DC-ROMA RISC-V Laptop II. The original quad-core model is currently listed for $766 USD compared to its original price of $1022. Given the small scale hardware manufacturing challenges, the pricing of the DC-ROMA RISC-V Laptop II will likely come in noticeably higher while the performance of even eight RISC-V cores will still be struggling in comparison to modern Intel / AMD / Arm laptop processors. The SpacemiT K1 also doesn't have any upstream open-source graphics driver as another disappointing aspect. I haven't had any hands-on with either DC-ROMA laptop model to know about the build quality.
The DC-ROMA RISC-V Laptop II will be shipping out-of-the-box with Ubuntu 23.10, surprisingly, rather than the new Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. The original DC-ROMA RISC-V laptop had options of either openKylin or Debian. More details on this RISC-V laptop will be revealed in the coming days but for now there is the brief information on [2]Canonical.com and [3]DeepComputing.io .
[1] https://www.phoronix.com/news/RISC-V-Dev-Laptop
[2] https://canonical.com/blog/worlds-first-risc-v-laptop-gets-a-massive-upgrade-and-equips-with-ubuntu
[3] https://deepcomputing.io/product/dc-roma-risc-v-laptop-ii/
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