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Early access for risc v motherboard

store.deepcomputing.io Early Access: DC-ROMA RISC-V Mainboard for Framework Laptop 13

Registration Conditions The program is open to enterprise and business customers. Any external sharing of user experiences of the Early Access Program must be approved by DeepComputing and Framework before publication. What's in the Package? Basic Tier DC-ROMA RISC-V Mainboard Framework & Cooler...

Details for early access for deepcomputes risc v motherboard are out! Preoders start at $200 for a Mobo, coolernaster case, and various sundries. I'm glad it's at an affordable price point.

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Nice thx

Its RISC V btw
- Corrected! Too early in the morning :)
  
  Yeah, a riscy title it was
Will Framework community start writing their own kernel+OS for this board?
- Why? It works with both Ubuntu and Fedora, so making images of other distros should be pretty straightforward.
  
  Linux is quite slow on every Risc-V board. Probably only fast-ish I'm aware of is Milk-V Pioneer.
Any external sharing of user experiences of the Early Access Program must be approved by DeepComputing and Framework before publication.

Yikes. I like Framework (have had one for a few years now) but this is not what I expect from them at all.

Once they drop this requirement and get to normal (removable) memory and storage I'd pay double this though!
- The memory isn't really doable with this SOC, but the storage is just an SD card slot on the motherboard. (I saw this and spoke to the CEO at this year's Ubuntu Summit.)
- Is this a Framework, or Deep Computing requirement?
  
  It appears to be a Deep Computing produced board that matches the Framework specification.
  
  That's a great point. I suppose Framework wasn't necessarily the one to push for this.
  
  The fact that they are fine with holding approval authority implicates them in my mind. Though, I guess this is tougher when form factors are open source and all parts are very easy to find. DeepComputing can kind of make whatever they want (with whatever restrictions they want) and naturally be associated with Framework's brand.

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