Can we all take a minute to appreciate how hard Chris works, not just to produce such professional and informative videos, but to react and reply to so many comments! 👏
@ExplainingComputers
Ай бұрын
Thanks. :)
@alanthornton3530
Ай бұрын
I agree with you :)
@twentyrothmans7308
Ай бұрын
We know it's exciting when we wait until 1:25 for "take a closer look".
@igordasunddas3377
Ай бұрын
I also agree. Thanks for doing it!
@sUASNews
Ай бұрын
Love the work Chris does
@osamaanees8406
Ай бұрын
This is beautiful. I studied RISC-V in University. Seeing it in the physical form instead of simulating it and seeing wave forms is very nice.
@ROBLOXTHANOS
Ай бұрын
Dropping a view/comment/like to boost the video’s consideration within the algorithm.
@ExplainingComputers
Ай бұрын
Most apprecated! :)
@algungonzalo
29 күн бұрын
Dropping a like/comment to boost this comment's!
@SecretWolfie
Ай бұрын
FINALLY! An ARM/RISC based laptop that is not bound to Microsoft's CoPilot Plus Regime.
@manut9824
Ай бұрын
yeah but at the moment i would recommend an intel only or amd only laptop. It has open source drivers and in the case of amd its more efficient in case of performance...but yeah i like the ideo of the true open source in hardware
@trueriver1950
28 күн бұрын
...and hopefully does not come with a hidden onboard processor that the user cannot access... For me that's the biggest plus
@VFD3_games
27 күн бұрын
I mean, even the copilot+ laptopa have better driver support on Linux than windows.
@Henry-sv3wv
26 күн бұрын
just got a thin client as server cause i don't want an ARM (raspberry pi) or whatever-new-fancy-architecture anymore - too often there is a cool software on Linux that says: but we only support x86
@asnovasdodia
25 күн бұрын
That's every macbook.
@pdjinne65
Ай бұрын
You are the most nerdish looking dude talking about the nerdiest possible things, and I love it!
@johneggmuldoon3176
29 күн бұрын
He's our guy!
@pdjinne65
29 күн бұрын
@@johneggmuldoon3176 nerds still cool in 2024, nothing wrong with that
@gabriel38g
Ай бұрын
It's too bad you have to give this laptop back. It would be nice to see if the performance improves with a few software updates and some optimization. I am enjoying these RISC V videos!👍
@johnny14794
28 күн бұрын
Agrees 100% about this.
@GiulianoMazzina
29 күн бұрын
I subscribed years ago after just one video about a raspberry pi. I love the informative nature of the channel. No fluff, just facts. I've shared the channel with teachers where I work and some use it in class and others said it was too corny and dry. Whatever, their loss. I love these videos.
@ExplainingComputers
29 күн бұрын
Thanks for watching -- and sharing! :)
@privateagent
27 күн бұрын
Their loss indeed.
@Jinerin
24 күн бұрын
Honestly that 8 pin gpio is just about the coolest thing I have ever seen in a modern laptop.
@TickledFunnyBone
Ай бұрын
This is great that there is a complete system. Really liking the current standard of 8 cores, 8 -16gb ram and NVME. and so i agree about the so say "couple of generations away" because of graphics processing. This is a great start for sbc risc-v computing to launch mainstream.
@Praxibetel-Ix
Ай бұрын
Time to get RISC-y once again! This time on a laptop. Good morning, everyone! :)
@ExplainingComputers
Ай бұрын
Greetings -- and a silver medal!
@Praxibetel-Ix
Ай бұрын
@@ExplainingComputers Thank you! _[eats the medal]_
@xrafter
Ай бұрын
@@Praxibetel-Ix "Officer, Praxibetel-lx seems to be poisened because he ate a silver medal, sir"
@Praxibetel-Ix
Ай бұрын
@@xrafter *she. I needed the iron! 😂
@gpalmerify
Ай бұрын
Love that this hardware dictates the OS rather than global corp dictating that YOU buy new hardware compatible with their OS.
@ExplainingComputers
Ай бұрын
Nice.
@rautamiekka
Ай бұрын
Nah, I say it's the opposite: the lack of other OS (namely Window$) dictates which OS you need to use, at least with RISC.
@Wingnut353
Ай бұрын
@@rautamiekka To be fair Linux is not the only OS that can run on RiscV
@hermanwooster8944
Ай бұрын
This is the way it ought to be. Software should conform to hardware to wring out every bit of performance from your machine.
@johnm2012
Ай бұрын
@@Wingnut353What else is available, other than Android (which is really Linux anyway)?
@perrymcclusky4695
Ай бұрын
Definitely an exciting piece of hardware. I appreciate your exploration of this RISC-V laptop! RISC-V development has progressed quicker than I expected. Looking forward to your next video!
@gloiloidn5752
Ай бұрын
A fully fledged RISC-V laptop was nice to see. Would have loved to see the 8pin GPIO connector on it in action. Anyway, great video as always!
@ikemkrueger
26 күн бұрын
I waited for that.
@damolin77
Ай бұрын
Christopher all I can say is your a badass. I have learned so much from you over the years thank you.
@ExplainingComputers
Ай бұрын
I appreciate that. :)
@vikiai4241
27 күн бұрын
Christopher always gives me vibe of a small-town computer store owner of the late 1980's. The kind that is a computer enthusiast first and a retail operator second, and is always happy to discuss the latest tech with anyone irrespective of if they are a serious customer or (like myself in that era) a schoolkid who doesn't have enough pocket money to actually buy anything.
@louise-w54md
Ай бұрын
This is great! There needs to be another choice for the consumer apart from the big three. I hope RISC-V soon becomes competitive in the processor market. Also, would love to see some budget Android devices on RISC-V very soon.
@ExplainingComputers
Ай бұрын
Exactly. Choice is what this is all about.
@ginger_toggaf
Ай бұрын
No more android, please.
@DavidCoutinhoCG
Ай бұрын
Now we need a linux DE made exclusively for portable devices like tablets and cellphones, a special session with a branch repository of Flathub and applications made specifically for devices like these and android app emulation, maybe finally we will have a completely spyware free OS portable device, with risc-v processor without any minix running inside with any backdoor, and maybe completely free and open source modules installed without backdoors as well.
@ginger_toggaf
Ай бұрын
@@DavidCoutinhoCG there are plenty of linux mobile UI frameworks (ubuntu mobile, plasma mobile, gnome mobile, posh, sailfish...) but there are no fully functional devices (from the practical standpoint). Half of the few available phones are morally a decade old and the other half is half broken.
@DavidCoutinhoCG
Ай бұрын
@@ginger_toggaf I know, thats why, i think its a shame, what the hell, why the zuck we have to abide by the iOS and android monopoly with bloated spyware inside, linux phones were an amazing idea, but its lacking as hell.
@johncundiff7075
Ай бұрын
Good Morning Mr. Barnatt! Dealing with a hot water heater that had catastrophic failure. Was out of the house for over 2 hours and it put 2 inches (5cm) of water through our entire home. I'll have to try to find time to watch.. but we are looking at a near total loss here. I'll try to keep watching as much as I have time.
@Praxibetel-Ix
Ай бұрын
That's absolutely terrible! I'm so sorry. :(
@MisterMA77H3W
Ай бұрын
iVe been reliably told back in the early 90s that RISC architecture will change everything
@Pippo.Langstrumpf
Ай бұрын
we are still waiting
@ozzymandius666
Ай бұрын
It is changing everything. So is AI.
@GerdLPluu
Ай бұрын
And it did. For better or worse, RISC processors are what makes smartphones and IoT devices possible.
@tonyvreal
Ай бұрын
It already did. ARM is RISC and is everywhere.
@WalterW
Ай бұрын
HACK THE PLANET!!
@Praxibetel-Ix
Ай бұрын
I sure agree with you on how far RISC-V has come in the past few years! I just watched a laptop with RISC-V run two operating systems, two word processors, and Aisleriot Solitaire, record video from a webcam(!!!!! REALLY big deal too!), play video back, and even compile and run a C program featuring a friendly greeting from our favorite pair of scissors. Computing is always full of surprises, ain't it? :)
@ExplainingComputers
Ай бұрын
What an excellent summary!
@Praxibetel-Ix
Ай бұрын
@@ExplainingComputers 😊
@PC4USE1
Ай бұрын
An exciting alternative to all the proprietary stuff we are stuck with these days(even on Linux). With Intel and AMD pushing 'updates' to their microarchitecture,this looks promising.
@aeebeecee3737
24 күн бұрын
This is what future laptop form: RISCV + Linux
@brianwood5220
Ай бұрын
Not bad, Chris. Things are moving on. Thanks for putting in the time to bring this to us.
@ExplainingComputers
Ай бұрын
Greetings Brian! :)
@jamieknight326
29 күн бұрын
Love all the RISC-V coverage. It’s brilliant. Keep it coming :)
@ExplainingComputers
29 күн бұрын
Thank you! Will do!
@muddyexport5639
Ай бұрын
Thanks again Professor! Always look forward to "A closer look"...
@theviniso
Ай бұрын
I love how this laptop looks, it's so clean and simple. Just as many bells and whistles as you could expect from a development platform and still looks very slick.
@salat
Ай бұрын
Although it's a laptop, the price is still quite high - you can preorder e.g. a Milk-V Jupiter board for ~60$ (4GB RAM)/ ~115$ (16GB RAM) with the same processor..
@tomnesler2089
29 күн бұрын
I was wondering about the price of a home built Risc-V system vs this laptop. For someone who needs to travel, this would be Ideal. However, most pioneers in this field already have homebuilt systems. I do wish the best for this company though.
@isilder
29 күн бұрын
@@tomnesler2089 The point was that you can put a Milk-V , a $100 screen, and a $20 keyboard into a $20 brief case/school case , and have the same thing.
@BruceHoult
29 күн бұрын
@@isilder the same computing capability, yes, but not the same level of slick. Try using you set-up on an airline tray table! Or even in the gate lounge. Personally I'm still going for the lashed-up SBC experience myself, but it's good to have choices, no?
@jeffreydurham2566
6 күн бұрын
Long term this is for development for the average consumer. This is the type of hardware an average consumer would get.
@rfwillett2424
28 күн бұрын
It's amazing just how fast RISC-V is moving.
@gregholloway2656
Ай бұрын
Thanks for showing this laptop, Chris. Cool to see new RISC-V products. 👍
@neurobioboy
Ай бұрын
That is really cool to see risk V architecture being democratized like this with an affordable and decent laptop! We are living in exciting times!
@Chris-onyt
Ай бұрын
Affordable is subjective in is probably the slowest 500$ laptop you can get risc v have a lot of caching up to do if it wants to stand a chance
@egarcia1360
Ай бұрын
@@Chris-onyt No one's saying it's a price-to-performance powerhouse, but as far as laptops go, $500~600 is in fact quite affordable and this product should hopefully help open up development more broadly and expand the architecture.
@Chris-onyt
29 күн бұрын
@@egarcia1360 thats fair hope someone can get windows ruining on risc v competition is good
@BruceHoult
29 күн бұрын
@@Chris-onyt it IS catching up, and rapidly. Two years ago the best that would have been possible would be a single core 1.0 GHz with 1 or 2 GB RAM, and here we are today with multiple 8 core 16 GB RAM laptops with CPUs pushing 2.0 GHz. This time next year we'll have certainly SBCs and maybe already updated laptops with 16 core 2.4 GHz CPU with each core in early Intel Core-i7 territory. One or two years after that they will be in Apple M1 territory -- which is what my main desktop computer actually is right now, and I expect will still be in 2-3 years. All of this stuff is not speculation, it is real products that are currently in the development pipeline, developed by serious experienced people who are fresh from e.g. Apple and AMD and Qualcomm CPU development experience.
@Chris-onyt
29 күн бұрын
@@BruceHoult it's good to see improvements they will need to get a lot more software working on risc v and Apple as much as I dislike them they know how to make a amazing soc
@heath780391
29 күн бұрын
Fantastic works as always Chris. As a fan of all things open-source, I'd love to see AMD, and Intel produce RISC-V CPUs. Or a new manufacturer making something that can not only compete, but put the willies up the legacy manufacturers. Open-source is the way forward. I just hope that more people use and see the benefits of open-source software and hardware.
@aytviewer2421
Ай бұрын
WOW. I am truly impressed with this laptop and how RISC-V is maturing! Excellent video!
@LeeZhiWei8219
Ай бұрын
Hey! Haven't been here in a while. Glad to see you on Jeff Geerling's RISC-V video, and commenting on a RISC-V video. Just RISC-V everywhere! Haha... I would definitely want to help contribute to the maturity of this platform, so I will get one of these hardware soon! Great job on this video!
@ExplainingComputers
Ай бұрын
Greetings!
@akahdrin
29 күн бұрын
Thank you Chris for all your videos. I hope you are feeling better after you mentioned quite awhile ago that you had a serious illness.
@mikewatson1105
Ай бұрын
11pm on Sunday night in E Australia - love it!
@jpmyers6950
Ай бұрын
The next two years should be interesting. Thanks for the interesting video Chris!
@MarcMcMillin
Ай бұрын
it's so cool that RISC is finally getting it's time to shine in the spotlight!
@fastedwarrior7353
Ай бұрын
Spotlight how by being so bad that people actually notice?
@jimrafert7372
29 күн бұрын
Finally? What about PowerPC? HP PA-RISC from the 1990s? The defining thing about RISC-V is that it's non-proprietary. Unfortunately, I think that with a weaker profit motive, it may never catch up to competing architectures. Also, for a development setup, only 8 GPIO connections is a little disappointing.
@DanElgaard9
27 күн бұрын
Nice to see that RISC-V is starting to show some real hardware - I have high hope for RISC-V.
@jonathane9403
Ай бұрын
Great video and information as expected. Really enjoyed your c code demonstration. Running the 'Greetings from Mr. Scissors' program was really fun for me!
@williama29
9 күн бұрын
I am excited to see Risc-V stuff as well and it is new to me
@academicalisthenics
Ай бұрын
Why do I get so excited about this? I guess I just love open source stuff!
@Terence-mk9jh
16 күн бұрын
It is certainly interesting to see the slow but constant development of the RISC V chips. Another well produced video Chris.
@prehistoricBanana
Ай бұрын
Woah thats a neat RISC laptop, Im all for a RISC-V future. Thanks for sharing, Anne Robinson
@janvangorp6918
Ай бұрын
Having a Linux laptop between 4 and 600 dollars. Is for me already good news. There is the German company "tuxedo", but they are way more expensive. I have some feeling that this will become the new "thinkpad".
@RunePonyRamblings
26 күн бұрын
Considering that all these processors run slower than machines from 2011, "the new ThinkPad" seems a tad over-optimistic.
@lordkekz4
26 күн бұрын
Tuxedo does target more high-end devices for developers; the RISC-V CPU right here is waaaay too slow for that kind of use. I think the main issue with RISC-V adoption will actually not be the software support on linux desktops, but rather the lack of high-end CPUs. I think it'll take at least 4-5 more years before RISC-V becomes a viable desktop platform for more than casual usage.
@dm8579
25 күн бұрын
there are a few other manufacturers as well. But they all suffer from the same problem -they are only found online. They aren't available in local stores so you can't try them and check the build quality before you buy.
@420bobby69
Ай бұрын
Hi Chris! Completely unrelated, but I just realized how awesome your video setup is. When you zoomed in on the keyboard, the micro-texture on the aluminum/plastic showed up really well even crushed by KZitem. Would be cool for doing photogrammetry or ripping textures for product modeling in Blender!
@ExplainingComputers
Ай бұрын
Thanks for noticing. :)
@IceAce1
Ай бұрын
He made a video about the studio setup and equipment he uses to achieve the exceptional quality, in case you are interested.
@420bobby69
29 күн бұрын
@@IceAce1 I've seen it! Today was just the first time I really saw the potential outside of Chris' top-notch hardware videos. I've been doing a lot of texturing in Blender lately, I think that's why it especially caught my eye.
@brentsmithline3423
Ай бұрын
It is great to see technology moving forward.
@PS_Tube
Ай бұрын
Greetings. This is a surprisingly fantastic video. Witnessing a RISC - V laptop is certainly raising our expectation for the future in terms of alternative personal computing.
@kaalsemulzii1920
27 күн бұрын
Hats off to you kind sir, for taking the risc (not just any, but the fifth installment of it) for us and tell your tale about your exploits.
@AMDRADEONRUBY
Ай бұрын
Ah it's the future I love these laptop thanks for the video. Very interesting
@Kyle-xv5kv
26 күн бұрын
I'm very impressed with the presentation and build quality of the laptop, honestly I'd love one myself, once the platform matures a little more (and maybe install KDE) I could see myself using one as a daily driver.
@ypat90
Ай бұрын
Steady progress and no doubt acceleration ahead given geopolitics of ARM/x86 chip design availability. Useful glimpse into the future.
@ThatNateGuy
29 күн бұрын
I am loving all of the content you've been producing about RISC-V, Chris. Obviously there is a hype cycle to most technology, but you're providing real numbers, honest reviews, and setting reasonable expectations for current gen RISC-V based systems. The more attention it gets, the faster the technology matures, and hopefully the better we'll all be for it. Cheers from one of those ungrateful colonists on the other side of the Atlantic!
@isaiasprestes
Ай бұрын
It's impressive to see the progress of RISC-V. I'm quite happy with that. Pleasant presentation and I do like what I just watched. I believe it's a little bit behind other RISC-V SOB, but it seems just a matter of software improvement. Have you analyzed the temperature of CPU and GPU/NPU, Chris? Have you guys noticed the quality of the webcam? It's great! Just to put in perspective, Lenovo and Asus have in the market a plenty of laptops with camera bellow this quality.
@AlanPope
Ай бұрын
I don't know why, but seeing you making that video with the webcam, and play it back, with no problems seems wildly advanced :D
@chasefive5
Ай бұрын
Congratulations on 1 mil!
@thefumigator
6 күн бұрын
Amazing video. I was surprised to see batocera Linux to be highly compatible with visionfive2 risc-v board. Seems support for risc-v is getting more and more mature with age. Just hoping more people adopt these solutions as more and more software improvements get released
@andrina118
Ай бұрын
Great review Chris, very exciting as you say!
@tererenji
29 күн бұрын
It's amazing how fast RISC-V is growing; open standards are a great thing for the market.
@marpintado
Ай бұрын
Good morning Professor.Tank you.
@GigaWhatt0
29 күн бұрын
It's genuinely impressive how usable the Spacemit K1/M1 SoC is. RISC-V is still a baby and we're getting hardware like this now.
@eyobed5274
Ай бұрын
Despite its performance, the significant advantages of this CPU is that it does not have the Management Engine (ME) backdoor that is present in all Intel processors.
@ExplainingComputers
Ай бұрын
Very true.
@danielpicassomunoz2752
Ай бұрын
that we know of, so far
@RafaCoringaProducoes
Ай бұрын
@@danielpicassomunoz2752 yes lol every manufacter would use risc v as wished... Please dont start a geopolitical war in this comment
@theviniso
Ай бұрын
@@danielpicassomunoz2752 Yeah, I think it's naive to think only Intel does that. CPU manufacturers can have access to way too much data for governments not to try to use that for their own benefit. These early RISC-V chips might be safe but the moment one of these becomes mainstream I fully expect some kind of backdoor to be found.
@szymon170able
Ай бұрын
When dealing with RISC-V only the ISA is guaranteed to be open. Most processor designs are actually still closed.
@seangreenhalgh7921
27 күн бұрын
That's really exciting. Good to see new platforms.
@over2seeyer
Ай бұрын
a lighter distro would've been more suiting i think
@walrusbyte263
Ай бұрын
Alpine Linux has a RISC-V port now
@TokeRec
7 күн бұрын
This guy has thought soo much! We appreciate you chris!
@ExplainingComputers
7 күн бұрын
Thanks.
@flowerpt
Ай бұрын
I can't believe they're advertising an EOL OS (just checked their site) and won't' commit to updates. Bookmarked but skipping for now. Vendor abandonment is my top concern for novel hardware. Everything else about it looks great. A second nvme slot for a mirror drive could make this my daily driver.
@hyperturbotechnomike
Ай бұрын
And then it's not even the LTS distro. Personally, i'm not a big ubuntu fan too. I prefer openSUSE.
@giovanni.tirloni
Ай бұрын
risc-v is currently in the hobbyst/enthusiast phase. lots of companies experimenting. they can't commit to anything long-term.
@BruceHoult
29 күн бұрын
@@hyperturbotechnomike would you seriously prefer 22.04 LTS over 23.10??? 24.04 LTS is too new to have been used during development of the machine.
@hyperturbotechnomike
29 күн бұрын
@@BruceHoult When i was using kubuntu, i always preferred the LTS version. I would not use this as a daily desktop machine but for a server, NAS or tinkering machine and LTS is better for this.
@larrymenzie7821
29 күн бұрын
Wow !!! I expected the price to be much more!! With risc-v still in development I was very impressed!!! I'm looking forward to seeing more!!!
@JeffGeerling
Ай бұрын
We have laptop, desktop, and SBC covered. What will be the first RISC-V toaster??
@ExplainingComputers
Ай бұрын
Greetings Jeff. And my favourite RISC-V product so far is the RC car: deepcomputing.io/product/dc-romeo-risc-v-rc-car/
@autohmae
Ай бұрын
Did I see that correctly ? The RC-car runs on a RV32IMAC chip, which is a chip from Xilinx which is an AMD company ?
@paul_boddie
19 күн бұрын
@@autohmae Why wouldn't it? When you just need some kind of general-purpose core for your product, you can either go through the restrictive licensing dance with something like ARM (or ARC, rather famously, in Intel's case), or you can use something that is unencumbered and then deploy a core that you might develop yourself or adapt from someone else's work. There have been Allwinner ARM-based SoCs that actually used OpenRISC cores - these being quite close in heritage to MIPS and RISC-V - presumably because of the power consumption characteristics. They could have conceivably used some smaller ARM cores, but it is entirely possible that such ARM cores either they weren't up to the job, or maybe using them would have cut into their wafer thin margins.
@DoctorOnkelap
29 күн бұрын
Nice to always see your enthousiasm for RiscV.
@no-one3795
Ай бұрын
While it would still be some time till we get a CPU that could match up the performance from the likes of Intel or AMD. This is an exciting update to the RISC-V platform.
@proteque
Ай бұрын
I love how the direction of RISC-V is going! It is slowly getting some real momentum! Great video as always!
@danielpicassomunoz2752
Ай бұрын
would love to see a lighter Desktp environment (DE) or widow manager (WM) instead of heavy gnome. Would also love to see it perform when compiled specifcally for it's hardware using gentoo. Also check if hardware acceleration is enabled for the DE/WM and video playback both in native players (VLC,MPV) and browser
@silviutudose7868
7 күн бұрын
Thank you, Chris! Keep going!
@ExplainingComputers
7 күн бұрын
Thanks, will do!
@vikaspoddar001
Ай бұрын
RISC - V revolution 🎉🎉🎉
@quidoquidenzis5374
27 күн бұрын
I wish I discovered this channel sooner. Your videos are amazing. Leaving a comment for the algorithm and a thank you!
@ExplainingComputers
27 күн бұрын
Thanks for watching. :)
@okman9684
28 күн бұрын
Hope you will do a Framework Risc V laptop 💻
@Shand1982
29 күн бұрын
Great to see another Imagination PowerVR GPU in a RISC-V platform, the GPU of choice for RISC-V! PowerVR coming back with a vengeance! :)
@MrHyde911
Ай бұрын
App startup lags are there because they are snaps, thanks to canonical
@leonidd00
28 күн бұрын
Wow! I didn't knew anything about RISC-V. Very interesting and obviously working on hardware. Thank you!
@alanthornton3530
Ай бұрын
A very interesting RISC-V development laptop, I won't be buying one any time soon. Hopefully by 2026 the future will be looking more RISC-y, come on x86 move over you've had your day!! The laptop came with plenty of ports including GPIO & the supplied development pack, overall the colour used was very nice. Thanks Chris for another interesting video I hope that things are OK with you?Something towards the tea & biccy fund :)
@ExplainingComputers
Ай бұрын
Greeting Alan! Thanks for your support. :)
@Praxibetel-Ix
Ай бұрын
Hi, Alan! :D
@alanthornton3530
Ай бұрын
@@Praxibetel-Ix Hey Ford I hope things are OK with you this morning / afternoon? ;)
@Praxibetel-Ix
Ай бұрын
@@alanthornton3530 Things are going as normally as they should! I admittedly was just a little bit late to the party this morning. I was up late talking to a good friend. :)
@Chris-onyt
Ай бұрын
You act like risc and x86 are not made around the same time they are both old
@gydo1942
28 күн бұрын
This is very exciting! As you said, RISC-V has come a long way in the last years. I remember the first SBCs running limited and slightly unstable specialty Linux distros, and now here is ubuntu running on a modern RISC-V laptop!
@minigpracing3068
Ай бұрын
Surprised it is as slow as it is with an 8 core processor, still kind of early days so probably better optimization will come as more people start working with it. This laptop will be a big step to getting more hands on this architecture.
@Chris-onyt
Ай бұрын
Just because you have 8 cores doesn't mean it will be fast if all the cores are slow 1.6/2ghz is vary slow nowadays
@FindecanorNotGmail
Ай бұрын
Each core is in-order dual-issue at 1.6 GHz. That is similar to a Raspberry Pi 3, just with twice as many cores.
@GigaWhatt0
29 күн бұрын
@@Chris-onyt Don't compare gigahertz. That means literally nothing.
@Chris-onyt
29 күн бұрын
@@GigaWhatt0 what are we ment to use then and it doesn't change the fact that these cores are slow
@privateagent
26 күн бұрын
Ubuntu + flatpaks
@johnbee1574
Ай бұрын
I didnt think id see a risc v laptop for a at least a few years. good stuff :)
@sbc_tinkerer
Ай бұрын
Sunday greetings all! Another impressive movement forward for RISC-V. One thing that I will never understand, what possesses laptop keyboard makers to put the power button where the Delete key has always been?
@ExplainingComputers
Ай бұрын
Agreed on the power button. For years I had a laptop like that!
@FindecanorNotGmail
Ай бұрын
I wish laptop makers would just put the power button on the side, and not require me to open the lid - for when I use it with an external screen, keyboard and mouse.
@DFX2KX
25 күн бұрын
This seems quite useable! That's impressive for a piece of development hardware.
@Ollital
Ай бұрын
It's a really long way for RISC-V becoming mainstream.
@FindecanorNotGmail
Ай бұрын
Going much faster than ARM though, for sure
@fastedwarrior7353
Ай бұрын
It might have a spot in another ten years!!!!!
@adamuk5037
Ай бұрын
The way MS and intel are trending… maybe sooner 😅
@Bareego
29 күн бұрын
What a great review, good to see Risc-V is getting there. That said would have liked to get information on the BIOS as to if it's some proprietary or free version.
@ExplainingComputers
29 күн бұрын
There is no BIOS -- this is a RISC-V computer! :)
@Okurka.
Ай бұрын
I was expecting an RPi Pico 2 video.
@ExplainingComputers
Ай бұрын
I've yet to get my hands on one!
@danl2073
29 күн бұрын
Been excited about RISC-V for a long time.
@adieaf61
Ай бұрын
where's the coffee cup holder?
@ExplainingComputers
Ай бұрын
I think this important feature is being held back for the DC-ROMA III.
@montecorbit8280
29 күн бұрын
Interesting video! I didn't know anybody was making a laptop yet, and apparently this is the second one.... I realize the laptop is probably already mailed back, but I'd like to mention two tests I would have liked to have seen....just for the smiles and giggles. Linux kernel compile, for the Risk V architecture, and a Chromium compile for the Risk V architecture. If you are adopting this architecture, there is a good chance that you're going to have to compile a lot of stuff. Some of it may just need recompiled for the new architecture, but most of it will probably need at least a few lines of code added or deleted or changed. I know you can compile on one architecture for another, but sometimes that is not available. I look forward to your next video!!
@BruceHoult
29 күн бұрын
This is the second version from that company. There is also the MuseBook, with the same CPU. Also a RISC-V main board for the high end FrameWork laptop has been announced and will be available shortly. And Sipeed have two RISC-V laptops in different sizes.
@lightraysone
22 күн бұрын
@@BruceHoult There's also the Pinetab-V from PINE64 which also has a JH7110.
@lesliedeana5142
Ай бұрын
Something that struck me on the opening, as a 'loaner test' device, when one gets one, I'd suggest always booting it up stand alone, on the rare case that one may happen to get one infected, and always make sure to wipe storage before returning. (So one doesn't give "industry secrets" to the next person.
@ExplainingComputers
Ай бұрын
Oh yes, I was very careful to remove all trace of my activities and data!
@christophmahler
29 күн бұрын
Very good, indeed. Was asking around, last year if anyone is fiddling with RISC-V hardware, already - and here we have a laptop for the price of a mid tier smartphone.
@SynthfulDuck
Ай бұрын
No way I'm investing that much money on a slow system. I'll keep waiting for the technology to catch up.
@vytautasp.8109
Ай бұрын
I believe it is not about speed, but rather exploring and walking on new ground.
@LemSportsinterviews
8 күн бұрын
man, RISC architecture is gonna change everything... RISC is good
@KomradeMikhail
29 күн бұрын
$100 for an extra 8 GB of DDR4 ?!?
@exzld
29 күн бұрын
Miles better than what apple offers 🙄
@Wooskii1
26 күн бұрын
I actually thought "It's nice that extra ram isn't a $250 upgrade", but yeah I guess it's normal now. What a crazy time to live.
@xymaryai8283
29 күн бұрын
every step closer to my current level of performance is another step closer to me using it, i don't expect it to be better or even mostly there when i adopt it, but a good fraction and i'm there. Learning Rust for Risc-V development now, i might be good enough by the time i want to do it
@CjqNslXUcM
Ай бұрын
the way he looks like the stereotype of an 80s nerd is kind of charming
@SonicBoone56
28 күн бұрын
I'm always happy to see a non-x86 laptop. There's been PowerPC and even Moto68K laptops and of course tons of ARM laptops, but this might be the first normal looking RISC-V laptop I've seen, though I definitely appreciate the small handheld laptops I've been seeing. I'd love to see more laptops with a debug interface on the side like that.
@OleMose
Ай бұрын
I'll quit smoking and buy me one. :)
@Praxibetel-Ix
Ай бұрын
Good luck! :D
@johnny14794
28 күн бұрын
Your videos are fantastic! Also this Risc V laptop opens a whole new category. I hope you will consider getting one for future videos and tinker with it further more as improvements and updates are applied for it.
@gdevelek
Ай бұрын
OK but why not sysbench testing for the CPU?
@RafaCoringaProducoes
Ай бұрын
Jeff gerling recent video got bad results, and he argued sysbench is not very conclusive here because closed source
@gdevelek
Ай бұрын
@@RafaCoringaProducoes OK then some other CPU benchmark. This is all about the CPU after all. Not the disk or the GPU. And the CPU seems a bit sluggish so it's worth quantifying the performance.
@CyReVolt
23 күн бұрын
I've reverse engineered the DRAM training code for the K1x SoC. Rewritten in Rust as usual. A volunteer has run it on their MuseBook (same as ROMA II with different label), works just fine. 😊
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