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       DeepComputing: Early Access Program for RISC-V Mainboard for
       Framework Laptop 13
        
       Author : sohkamyung
       Score  : 12 points
       Date   : 2024-11-13 22:07 UTC (52 minutes ago)
        
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       | luyu_wu wrote:
       | Took me a while to figure out that the actual pricing was $200
       | USD for a mainboard (you have to untick value-added services).
       | 
       | Definitely not the best pricing, but also not completely bad
       | considering you get a 64GB microSD and case alongside?
       | 
       | Looking forwards to the next-gen mainboard they hint at in the
       | "value-added package" as the JH7110 really is quite a weak chip
       | (even by RISC-V standards)...
        
         | adgjlsfhk1 wrote:
         | the price to functionality is pretty steep. 200 would seem
         | about right for a dev board that supported rva23, but for a CPU
         | without support for the extensions that the ecosystem is going
         | to require it's hard to justify 200 for ~pi3 performance on an
         | already outdated platform
        
       | v1ne wrote:
       | This JH7110 is from 2021. Some specs: https://www.cnx-
       | software.com/2022/08/29/starfive-jh7110-risc...
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       | 1.5 GHz CPU core frequency, some old RISC-V cores while we're
       | still waiting for cores with decent single-core performance to
       | compete with modern desktop processors.
       | 
       | Sorry, but for me this board is dead in the water, unless you
       | can't use ARM/x86 for political reasons.
        
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