DeepComputing Unveils the RISC-V-Powered DC-ROMA II Laptop computer, Companions with Canonical on Ubuntu Port

DeepComputing, which launched one of many first business pocket book computer systems to characteristic a RISC-V processor, has introduced its newest machine — a pocket book constructed across the SpacemiT SoC K1 working an official port of Ubuntu Linux, courtesy of a partnership with Canonical.

“The launch of the DC-ROMA II represents a significant leap ahead for the open supply group,” claims Canonical’s Gordan Markuš. “RISC-V laptops will empower everybody, from seasoned builders to novice customers, to develop, experiment and innovate for the RISC-V structure.”

“Moreover,” Markuš continues, “this growth showcases the adaptability and robustness of Ubuntu and showcases Canonical’s dedication to the RISC-V ecosystem. Our imaginative and prescient with DeepComputing is that we aren’t simply collaborating on a product, we’re igniting a motion in the direction of an surroundings the place open requirements and collaboration can thrive.”

Because the title implies, the DC-ROMA II stands as a successor to the DC-ROMA — billed at its unveiling, not totally precisely, because the world’s first laptop computer to characteristic the free and open supply RISC-V structure, albeit within the type of a proprietary implementation.

The DC-ROMA II continues this RISC-V focus, shifting to the extra highly effective SpacemiT SoC K1 chip — that includes eight 64-bit RISC-V cores working at as much as 2GHz, to which DeepComputing has added 8GB or 16GB of RAM, and a devoted two tera-operations per second (TOPS) accelerator for on-device machine studying and synthetic intelligence workloads.

The second-generation DC-ROMA has additionally obtained an exterior improve, dropping the plastic chassis of its predecessor for a steel construct that the corporate says will enhance warmth dissipation. There is a 14″ 1080p60 show, Wi-Fi-6 and Bluetooth 5.2 connectivity, and a claimed eight-hour battery life — plus a “growth interface,” which supplies general-purpose enter/output (GPIO), I2C, and UART entry.

On the software program facet, the DC-ROMA II will characteristic an official port of Canonical’s Ubuntu Linux — changing into the newest in a string of RISC-V gadgets to achieve Ubuntu Linux photos, and the primary to get an Ubuntu Desktop picture somewhat than Ubuntu Server.

As with different Ubuntu-capable RISC-V gadgets, the port may even embody entry to Canonical’s repository of RISC-V-compatible open supply software program packages together with well-liked internet browsers, productiveness suites, programming environments, and even video games.

DeepComputing is opening pre-orders for the DC-ROMA II on its web site on June 18th, at an as-yet unannounced value level; these attending the RISC-V Summit Europe on June Twenty fourth-Twenty eighth will have the ability to see the gadget in motion, the corporate has confirmed.