Sunday, July 3rd 2022
RISC-V development platform ROMA features forthcoming quad-core RISC-V processor
DeepComputing and Xcalibyte today opened pre-orders for the industry's first native RISC-V development laptop. The hotly anticipated ROMA development platform features an unannounced quad-core RISC-V processor with a companion NPU/GPU for the fastest, seamless RISC-V native software development available.
"Native RISC-V compile is a major milestone," said Mark Himelstein, Chief Technology Officer for RISC-V International. "The ROMA platform will benefit developers who want to test their software running natively on RISC-V. And it should be easy to transfer code developed on this platform to embedded systems."
The ROMA platform features:
"The ROMA native RISC-V development platform laptop demonstrates the power of collaborative culture and the potential of the RISC-V ecosystem," said Calista Redmond, CEO of RISC-V International. "This design is a crucial bridge between development boards and RISC-V based business laptops that will be used for day-to-day work. We applaud the contributions of the entire development team that collaborated to achieve this important moment."
Companies contributing to ROMA's development include DeepComputing (engineering), PW (assembly), Xcalibyte (system tuning), ECP (security), XC (crypto), Rexeen (voice), LatticeX Foundation (PoS blockchain, NFT).
"With built-in PoS, NFT, and MetaMask-style wallet, ROMA is born for the Metaverse," said Yuning Liang, Founder and CEO of Xcalibyte and DeepComputing. "This is the laptop of the future. We will spare no effort to provide the best RISC-V native development experience for developers."
The first 100 customers to pre-order ROMA will receive a unique NFT to mark the birth of the world's first native RISC-V development platform laptop. And you can have your ROMA personally engraved with your name or company name. Quantities are limited.
Sources:
Xcalibyte, via CNX Software
"Native RISC-V compile is a major milestone," said Mark Himelstein, Chief Technology Officer for RISC-V International. "The ROMA platform will benefit developers who want to test their software running natively on RISC-V. And it should be easy to transfer code developed on this platform to embedded systems."
- A quad-core RISC-V CPU with free SoC and SOM upgrades
- Security enclave processor
- A GPU/NPU feature accelerator for video and AI
- Up to 16G LPDDR4/LPDDR4X RAM
- Up to 256G storage
- Supports most Linux variant operating systems
- Early access to next-generation laptop and accessory upgrades at generous discounts or for free
"The ROMA native RISC-V development platform laptop demonstrates the power of collaborative culture and the potential of the RISC-V ecosystem," said Calista Redmond, CEO of RISC-V International. "This design is a crucial bridge between development boards and RISC-V based business laptops that will be used for day-to-day work. We applaud the contributions of the entire development team that collaborated to achieve this important moment."
Companies contributing to ROMA's development include DeepComputing (engineering), PW (assembly), Xcalibyte (system tuning), ECP (security), XC (crypto), Rexeen (voice), LatticeX Foundation (PoS blockchain, NFT).
"With built-in PoS, NFT, and MetaMask-style wallet, ROMA is born for the Metaverse," said Yuning Liang, Founder and CEO of Xcalibyte and DeepComputing. "This is the laptop of the future. We will spare no effort to provide the best RISC-V native development experience for developers."
The first 100 customers to pre-order ROMA will receive a unique NFT to mark the birth of the world's first native RISC-V development platform laptop. And you can have your ROMA personally engraved with your name or company name. Quantities are limited.
26 Comments on RISC-V development platform ROMA features forthcoming quad-core RISC-V processor
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How can an unannounced processor be hotly anticipated?
You want something you never knew existed. Now that’s ballsie marketing.
...until they get to all of the metaverse and NFT bullshit. Why do companies keep trying to peddle this crap when no one is interested in it?
I'll stick to hoping someone eventually ports DOOM to my RISC-V-powered soldering iron.
well they recognize NFT and MetaWhatever are PoS aka Piece of Sh!t :laugh:
other than that, mmmhhhh, RISC-V laptop, me like... (also i dig the Matterhorn wallpaper ... ahahah that's close to home :laugh: )
Why are people having a hard time grasping this concept and context?This!
The two devices (i.e. this laptop or a nintendo dev kit) are also very different in terms of hw capabilities: this uses a regular-ish risc-v soc in production, that will likely be used in other devices and aplications, a nintendo dev kit uses a prototype of the final device much earlier than release (before mass production volume to spread the cost for example) and with extra interfaces for debug and extra capabilities because the stuff is not ready and they are kind of bruteforcing performance.
Not to say regular dev kits like this laptop or the other risk-v boards like the sifive stuff can't be expensive but they are very different markets.
Or in a very short way this laptop is a solution looking for a problem (who would want to use it?), a console dev kit is a solution to a specific problem (where can I sell my game and how can I make it good?)