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Framework :fedora: :ubuntu:

DeepComputing is showing an early demo of the new RISC-V Mainboard at the RISC-V Summit in Munich next week. This board uses a StarFiveTech JH7110 with SiFive RISC-V CPU cores. DeepComputing is also working closely with the teams at Ubuntu and Fedora on Linux support.

Framework :fedora: :ubuntu:

This Mainboard drops directly into any existing Framework Laptop 13, and is aimed at enabling developers, tinkerers, and hobbyists to start testing and creating on RISC-V. In this generation, it isn't directly optimized for end-consumer usage.

Framework :fedora: :ubuntu:

You can sign up in our Marketplace to get notified when we have updates on availability of the RISC-V Mainboard:
frame.work/products/deep-compu

Framework :fedora: :ubuntu:

In case you're wondering what it looks like, here is an early peek at prototype board bring-up on Debian.

Anachron :void:

@frameworkcomputer you're going fullspeed into the future. I love it!

kainisenni

@frameworkcomputer
ALT-text: A loose laptop screen displaying the Debian desktop connected to a loose laptop PCB without a cooler.

kainisenni

@frameworkcomputer I love the flex of showing it without any cooler

Angelo

@frameworkcomputer i see a SIM card. Shut up and take my money!

preterist

@frameworkcomputer This is very exciting, I'm looking forward to this

Beat

@frameworkcomputer The command shutdown can be found at /usr/sbin/shutdown. Default users on @debian don't have sbin in their PATH variable, but root does.
I often use `systemctl poweroff`.

Tallawk

@beat @frameworkcomputer @debian
It didn't find "powerooff" either... ๐Ÿ™‚

Worik

@frameworkcomputer when can I get one?

"Not available in your region" WTF?

Mike :debian:

@frameworkcomputer I recommend sudo for running shutdown. ;)

Which kernel is this booting - stock Debian, or a starfive or visionfive2 tree?

mcc

@frameworkcomputer This is exciting!

I'm trying to figure out if there is a GPU or GPU equivalent on this. It looks like the JH7110 serves at least some of the purposes of a GPU?

EDIT: I am having a little trouble navigating the vendor site but a third party says the GPU is an Imagination BXE-4-32? Is this correct?

Linh Pham

@mcc @frameworkcomputer I'm not sure if the third-party site you mentioned links to the product brief, this one is from rvspace(dot)org. It does confirm the BXE-4-32.

doc-en.rvspace.org/JH7110/PDF/

Linh Pham

@mcc @frameworkcomputer No prob! I was looking at what the potential options are for USB and PCIe expansion and ran across the brief earlier this morning.

I've seen the specs on the JH7100, but that uses a dual-core CPU along with a BXE-2-32 GPU, if I remember correctly.

Daniel aka CyReVolt ๐Ÿข

@qlp @mcc @frameworkcomputer
The JH7110 has a GPU from Imagination, and the open source drivers have been imaginary for a very long while.
The RISC-V community is rather unhappy about that.
So far, Imagination focused on other GPUs.

See also:
imaginationtech.com/news/imagi
doc-en.rvspace.org/VisionFive2

Meg

@mcc @frameworkcomputer it's the same SoC as the VisionFive 2, I think. So anything you can find about that is probably approximately correct.

The soc definitely has a GPU, but it's nothing amazing. Neither are the cpu cores for that matter.

mcc

@megmac Honestly not even interested in whether it's good, just is it there and does it conform to any particular standard

Meg

@mcc yeah there should be binary blob kms/dri drivers for Linux at the very least for it I'm pretty sure. The chipset's been out for a while and there's a bunch of more or less sketchy products built around it now.

Jonathan โ€˜theJPsterโ€™ Pallant

@frameworkcomputer oh no. I wish you better luck than the BeagleV Starlight had with its JH7100. I recall one particular issue was that the HDMI output was stuck at some ridiculously low refresh rate that hardly any monitors could handle.

Pol Dellaiera

@frameworkcomputer Wouhou RISC-V architecture !! A new chapter begins!

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