This $149 RISC-V Tablet Runs Ubuntu 24.04
This $149 RISC-V Tablet Runs Ubuntu 24.04
DeepComputing has unveiled an new version of its DC-ROMA RISC-V tablet — and this one runs Ubuntu! The DC-ROMA RISC-V Pad II boasts a 10.1 inch
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ndlug.org/post/1020043
The DC-ROMA RISC-V Pad II boasts a 10.1 inch (1920×1200) IPS 10-point touch display, and is powered by the same SpacemiT K1 SoC found in their RISC-V Ubuntu laptop (which launched with a confused set of pricing tiers and availability).
That chip comprises eight 64-bit RISC-V cores running up to 2.0 GHz, plus the RVA 22 Profile and 256-bit RVV 1.0 standard to provide “powerful AI capabilities”, and an Imagine Technologies BXE-2-2 GPU, a baseline 800 MHz effort.
Memory wise, the base model offers 4GB LPDDR4 RAM. 8GB and 16GB options are available at extra cost. All versions have 64 GB eMMC, but the 16 GB variant can also be equipped with a 128 GB eMMC – all those upgrades bump the cost, of course.
Also present is a 6000 mAh battery, front and rear cameras, a USB Type-C 3.0 port (with DisplayPort), and a 3.5mm audio jack.
The DC-ROMA RISC-V Pad II ships with Ubuntu 24.04 out the box, but DeepComputing say the 16GB model will also support (a custom build of) Android 15 AOSP in time.
Deep Computing Store: DC-ROMA Pad II for Native RISC-V Development
“Deep AI powers”.
Anytime I see a product boast about “AI powers”, I assume the tech itself is a scam.
AI powers, like the ability to load chat.openai on a browser? Is the average person running a 7B LLM locally on their tablet or laptop? Get the fuck out of here.
Same. Every time I see AI shoehorned into advertising I just think of investors being scammed with fancy keywords. It's very detracting from an actual sales pitch and I think the company is full of crappy middle management slimey people trying to stay relevant.
These profiteers are one trick ponies. They think if they slogan hard enough its gonna sell, it feels genuinely like a disrespect of potential customer's intellect.