# First RISC-V Laptop Announced

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**Created:** [July 2, 2022, 3:40pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/first-risc-v-laptop-announced/220654 "2022-07-02T15:40:56Z")\
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from Phoronix, written by Michael Larabel:

_RISC-V International has relayed word to us that in China the DeepComputing and Xcalibyte organizations have [announced pre-orders on the first RISC-V laptop intended for developers](https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=RISC-V-Dev-Laptop). The “ROMA” development platform features a quad-core RISC-V processor, up to 16GB of RAM, up to 256GB of storage, and should work with most RISC-V Linux distributions. […] DeepComputing and Xcalibyte say this laptop uses an “unannounced” quad-core RISC-V processor so is very light on the details. But frankly if it wasn’t a RISC-V International PR contact relaying this to me, it sounds more like a satire announcement. The ROMA press release today goes on to note, “A Web3-friendly platform with NFT creation and publication plus integrated MetaMask-style wallet, ROMA will create an even more integrated experience with future AR glasses and AI speakers operating entirely on RISC-V software and powered by RISC-V hardware.”_

 

_Quantities are also said to be limited for this ROMA laptop, which likely will put a pricing premium on it. Their cringe-worthy press release filled with buzzwords and scant technical details goes on to note, “The first 100 customers to pre-order ROMA will receive a unique NFT to mark the birth of the world’s first native RISC-V development platform laptop. And you can have your ROMA personally engraved with your name or company name.” […] So right now this announcement just raises a lot more questions than answers, but we are certainly looking forward to hearing more about RISC-V laptops…_ **Further reading:** [Pine64 Is Working On a RISC-V Single-Board Computer](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/22/07/01/218236/pine64-is-working-on-a-risc-v-single-board-computer)