The past year we’ve been looking forward to a RISC-V motherboard option coming to the Framework Laptop 13 via Framework’s partnership with DeepComputing. There was early access in late 2024 while this week DeepComputing has formally announced the DC-ROMA RISC-V AI PC Mainboard II now available at $349 USD.
The DeepComputing DC-ROMA RISC-V AI PC Mainboard II is powered by the ESWIN 7702X SoC with SiFive P550 RISC-V cores. This motherboard for the Framework Laptop 13 provides eight RISC-V cores up to 2.0GHz, a 40 TOPS NPU, PowerVR Imagination graphics, 32GB of RAM, SSD or eMMC/SSF/TF card, and ships with Ubuntu 24.04 LTS by default. This new “Mainboard II” an improvement over the original DC-ROMA RISC-V motherboard that was powered by a JH7110 SoC.
Pricing on the DC-ROMA Mainboard II for the Framework Laptop is $349 USD for the basic package and 32GB of RAM without any storage. From there the pricing goes up with add-ons or if wanting to buy it within a Framework Laptop 13 chassis.
Unfortunately I have no review sample of the DC-ROMA RISC-V AI PC Mainboard II so no performance benchmarks nor are there any from the vendor. But you can see my prior SiFive HiFive Premier P550 benchmarks with the SiFive P550 cores for getting an idea of the performance – for most instances a Raspberry Pi will be faster and obviously no competition to the likes of the recently launched Framework Laptop 13 with AMD Ryzen AI 300 series.
Those wanting to learn more about this RISC-V motherboard option for the Framework Laptop can learn more at DeepComputing.io.
