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RISC-V Mainboard for Framework Laptop 13 is now available (frame.work)

submitted 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) by JRepin@lemmy.ml to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/25606049

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.

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[–] Technus@lemmy.zip 38 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

It is absolutely more of a development board than one meant even for early-bird adopters. The processing power is more on-par with a Raspberry Pi. Here's a review of another development board using the same processor: https://bret.dk/risc-v-starfive-visionfive-2-review-jh7110/#Geekbench-6

Compare the Geekbench 6 scores to the Ryzen 7040HS in the Framework 16: https://browser.geekbench.com/v6/cpu/4260192

As the review author explains, Geekbench 6 is a bit unfair to the JH7110 since it's missing some processor extensions, but even if we pretended it had a similar lead over the Pi 4 as it does on the Unixbench suite, it'd still be an order of magnitude behind the AMD processor.

You're not really gonna be gaming on this thing, and you might not have a great experience even with normal desktop productivity software. These boards are likely gonna be relegated mostly to compiling code and running tests.

If a future revision is a little more powerful though, it could maybe make for a decent netbook. At just $200 it could also be a pretty good value for the education sector, maybe as a dev board for systems programming courses.

[–] fitgse@sh.itjust.works 6 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

How’s battery life?

[–] Technus@lemmy.zip 15 points 14 hours ago

The review I linked quotes 5-8W under load so I'd expect it to be about 10 hours on the Framework 13's 55Wh battery and about ~15h on the Framework 16's 85Wh battery.

But it also can't play a 1080p YouTube video worth a damn so it's hard to imagine what you'd actually wanna use it that long for.