| Developers: | Alibaba Group |
| Date of the premiere of the system: | October 2022 |
| Branches: | Information Technology |
2022: RISC-V Notebook Market Entry
On October 4, 2022, the world's first laptop based on an open source processor and a free RISC-V instruction set architecture was launched on the market. The Alibaba Roma laptop contains a quad-core processor and features familiar to devices on Intel and AMD.
Roma is based on a computing platform called the Wujian 600, designed for cost-effective edge computing. The processor in the laptop is a quad-core Alibaba T-Head TH1520 Xuantie C910 processor with a clock speed of up to 2.5 GHz, NPU 4 TOPS and a built-in GPU Imagination Technologies. The laptop has up to 16 GB of RAM LPDDR4 with speeds of up to 4266 MT/s and 256 GB of SSD-drive.
The laptop display consists of a 14.1-inch 1080p panel, the resolution of which coincides with the resolution of the webcam. In addition, there is an HDMI port for connecting an external monitor. There are Wi-Fi 5 and a port for connecting to the network. Ethernet There is also 5 Bluetooth for headphones and other peripherals.
The device can be charged via USB a Type-C port, there is also a pair of Type-A ports. Battery life is estimated at 10 hours. The keyboard is equipped with backlighting at a thickness of 20 mm (0.7 inches) and a weight of 1.7 kg. The laptop has a special security chip, an Arm SC300 Cortex-M3 processor with a Trusted Execution Environment security certificate, and the laptop is powered by its own OpenAnolis OS based on Linux from. Alibaba
Roma in the basic configuration costs $1,499 and comes with a warranty of "more than five years" and spare parts. There is also a premium option for $4,999, which includes add-ons such as headphones and smartwatches, as well as the ability to engrave initials on the laptop case.
Roma is available for pre-order in black or gray. The first 100 orders will be delivered in the 4th quarter of 2022, and the next - from the 1st quarter of 2023.[1]
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