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   Jaycosm🔆 (jay@mastodon.gamedev.place)'s status on Sunday, 16-Jun-2024 11:15:06 JST Jaycosm🔆

   🚩 DC-ROMA RISC-V LAPTOP II

   Octa-core RISC-V CPU
   Ubuntu Pre-installed
   SpacemiT K1 SoC
   
   Starts at $399 USD + Customs Duties as Applicable
   
   "Pre-orders for the DC-ROMA RISC-V Laptop II will open on June 18."
   
   Overview
   https://deepcomputing.io/product/dc-roma-risc-v-laptop-ii
   
   Store
   https://store.deepcomputing.io/products/dc-roma-laptop-ii-risc-v-laptop-with-octa-core-cpu-pre-sale
   
   Article 1
   https://riscv.org/news/2024/06/worlds-first-risc-v-laptop-gets-a-massive-upgrade-and-equips-with-ubuntu
   
   Article 2
   https://www.theregister.com/2024/06/13/riscv_laptop_ubuntu
   
   #DeepComputing #RISCV #Laptop #Ubuntu #Linux #Computing #SWDev #HWDev

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     Jaycosm🔆 (jay@mastodon.gamedev.place)'s status on Sunday, 16-Jun-2024 18:54:57 JST Jaycosm🔆

     • clacke@libranet.de is my main

     @notclacke I can't find the specs on the SpacemiT site (I'm using the integrated Google English translator, so it might be hiding some links). However, the specs are listed in the BananaPI docs (https://docs.banana-pi.org/en/BPI-F3/SpacemiT_K1). This is the 2nd generation of the only RISC-V laptop I'm aware of, so I view it more like a portable RISC-V development system for OS, drivers, and apps. Yet, it does seem to have decent multimedia capabilities. I suppose it also depends on how well Ubuntu is optimized for it.

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     Jaycosm🔆 (jay@mastodon.gamedev.place)'s status on Sunday, 16-Jun-2024 20:20:13 JST Jaycosm🔆

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     • clacke@libranet.de is my main

     @notclacke P.S. - The Intel 10th Gen Core i7 8565U quad-core / 8-thread chip in my Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Yoga from 2018/19 has 1.8MHz / 4.6MHz Max Turbo cores. I'll run a 1080p video and check the core frequency.

     Playing either a WebM AV1 or MP4 H.264 video file at 1920 x 1080 full-screen averaged about 1.30MHz for all cores. Both hit highs around 2MHz when starting the video and then dropped in CPU usage. Playing both at the same time averaged about 1.8MHz.

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     Jaycosm🔆 (jay@mastodon.gamedev.place)'s status on Monday, 17-Jun-2024 13:06:28 JST Jaycosm🔆

     • clacke@libranet.de is my main

     @notclacke Thanks for the info! 👍 I didn't realize the DeepComputing Roma Laptop II was based on an OEM product from SpacemiT. I checked SpacemiT's Web site again & noticed they offer three products (probably all OEM for other companies to brand)...

     MUSE Book
     https://www.spacemit.com/spacemit-muse

     MUSE Box
     https://www.spacemit.com/spacemit-muse-box

     MUSE Pi
     https://www.spacemit.com/spacemit-muse-pi

     Unfortunately, I can't easily translate the pages to English - the written text is in JPEG images. 'Need to OCR it.

     I'll add your link to my OP

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     Jaycosm🔆 (jay@mastodon.gamedev.place)'s status on Monday, 17-Jun-2024 13:08:25 JST Jaycosm🔆

     • clacke

     @clacke SpacemiT makes both the K1 SoC & MUSE Book, & the Roma Laptop II looks exactly like it, even down to the keyboard layout & "RISC-V" key. The only difference seems to be that DeepComputing partnered with Canonical to ensure Ubuntu runs well on it. I'm sure SpacemiT is OEMing its products in an effort to extend its reach. It's a good play while the RISC-V laptop market is still small. Many Asian companies do this. Just look at podcasting mics on Amazon - many are the same except the logo.

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