Alibaba T-Head TH1520 RISC-V processor to power the ROMA laptop - CNX Software
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The ROMA RISC-V laptop was announced this summer with an unnamed RISC-V processor with GPU and NPU. We now know it will be the Alibaba T-Head TH1520
  • holdengreen
    3·
    2 years ago

    I got a quote for $4,999 for the laptop last July. This includes 3 years of unlimited service with free SoC upgrades, lifelong limited repair, and free repairs (excluding postage/shipping not included) and “six continuous-quarter ROMA OWNER SURPRISE PACKAGE” with AI headphones, AR glasses, AI speakers, classic game console, and autonomous Robots or Racing Car, plus some NFT thingy…

    But now, I can see the laptop listed on Alibaba for $1,499 and up presumably without all the perks above unless you select the Premium package. The first 100 premium versions will be delivered in Q4 2022 and the company plans produce 1,000 more units in Q1 2023. A much cheaper way to own the laptop would be to get it for free, and you can do so, provided you are a developer with a compelling use case, by registering to the RISC-V Developer Boards program before December 15. It’s also possible to apply for the VisionFive 2 SBC instead, and you’d probably be more likely to qualify.

    should be a pretty usable product when they are accessible. I like to have a nice screen also…

  • hfkldjbuq@beehaw.org
    2·
    2 years ago

    people were skeptic about ROMA laptop, but now it seems promising.

    Battery – Good for up to 10 hours

    so some 6 hours in regular usage? good enough.

    capable of running desktop-level applications such as Firefox browser and LibreOffice office suite on OpenAnolis open-source Linux-based operating system launched by Alibaba in 2020.

    most Linux variants are supported, but I suspect the laptop will initially ship with the OpenAnolis Linux distribution from Alibaba.

    promising

    I got a quote for $4,999 for the laptop last July. This includes 3 years of unlimited service with free SoC upgrades, lifelong limited repair, and free repairs (excluding postage/shipping not included) and “six continuous-quarter ROMA OWNER SURPRISE PACKAGE” with AI headphones, AR glasses, AI speakers, classic game console, and autonomous Robots or Racing Car, plus some NFT thingy…

    now, I can see the laptop listed on Alibaba for $1,499 and up presumably without all the perks above unless you select the Premium package. The first 100 premium versions will be delivered in Q4 2022 and the company plans to produce 1,000 more units in Q1 2023.

    hmmm…

    i wonder about its construction though… which material it uses.

  • gcb@lemmy.ml
    33·
    2 years ago

    this will be more closed source than your typical android. no drivers or firmwares. you will be stuck with a single precompiled kernel version forever.

    • wiki_me@lemmy.mlOP
      6·
      2 years ago

      Do you have any factual evidence supporting that claim? or is it just speculation?

      • gcb@lemmy.ml
        23·
        2 years ago

        yes. million android devices all have this problem. And even their network consumer gear (they have nice wifi ac modems), i joke not, have off the shelf components with black goo on top so it’s harder to identify them.

        • hfkldjbuq@beehaw.org
          7·
          2 years ago

          Cool. But what about the article’s specific device? Where did you got the info they won’t have any free driver upstreamed?

          • gcb@lemmy.ml
            12·
            2 years ago

            your guess vs my guess. want to put some money on it?