DeepComputing

DeepComputing is founded in 2022, at Sheung Wan, Hong Kong by Yuning Liang. Yuning got the idea of founding a RISC-V hardware company while working at Xcalibyte, a compiler software company founded by him back in 2018. after configuring an old MIPS to compile for RISC-V ISA instead and realizing there are not much hardware available in the market based on it especially for personal use. According to him, people were not developing software for RISC-V due to lack of hardware and hardware companies were not using RISC-V based chips due to the lack of software and OS support. He says he wanted to break this "cycle" by opening the first RISC-V based PC hardware company, thus becoming "number one" in the field. In May, launch of first RISC-V based laptop was rumored by Calista Redmond, former CEO of RISC-V International, with photos of prototypes being shipped to them. In July, DeepComputing together with Xcalibyte (a software company co-founded by Yuning) unveiled DC-ROMA, first commercially available laptop based on a RISC-V based microprocessor. A month later it was revealed that the SoC inside is an Alibaba TH1520. Later on SoC is changed to be StarFive JH7110. It got released with OpenKylin or Debian Linux pre-installed. In June 2024, DeepComputing released another laptop named DC-ROMA II, claiming it to be the first RISC-V based laptop to run Ubuntu without any configuration. It was based on SpacemiT K1 SoC, an 8-core CPU running up to 2.0 GHz and, together with NPU, 2 TOPS of AI capability. In November 2024, DeepComputing announced DC-ROMA Mainboard for Framework Laptop 13, a highly modifiable laptop. The partnership was announced back in June by both companies. The motherboard includes a StarFive JH7110 SoC, and was made available for $199. In March 2025, DeepComputing announced DC-ROMA AI PC motherboard (initially called Mainboard II), for Framework Laptop 13 again. Its based on ESWIN's EIC7702X SoC that has AI capabilities up to 50 TOPS when NPU (Neural Processing Unit) is enabled. Preorders started from $300, for orders to be effective by July of the same year. ==Products==

DeepComputing develops hardware ranging from laptops and mainboards to AI PCs and embedded accessories. DeepComputing products only use chips based around RISC-V open standard ISA, which is the main selling point and principle of the company. DC-ROMA • DC-ROMA, first product of the company and world's first commercially available RISC-V laptop. Uses quad-core StarFive JH7110 SoC. It has up to 8 GB RAM, 1 TB SSD memory, 1080p monocular camera, 2 USB 3.0 ports and Type-C power adaptor. It supports openKylin, Debian and several other Linux distributions. • DC-ROMA II, second laptop of the company. Uses octo-core SpacemiT K1 SoC. It has up to 16GB RAM, 1TB SSD memory, 1080P monocular camera, 2 USB 3.0 and Type-C ports, 1 MicroSD port and Type-C power adaptor. It also has GPIO, allowing access to I²C and other types of direct access to the SoC. It comes with Ubuntu or Fedora pre-installed, and supports other Linux distributions. • DC-ROMA Pad II, tablet version of DC-ROMA II based on the same K1 SoC. • DC-ROMA Mainboard, first Framework compatible motherboard by the company. Uses quad-core JH7110 SoC just like first RISC-V laptop. • DC-ROMA AI PC, second Framework motherboard by the company marketed as a local AI-capable PC. Uses octo-core ESWIN EIC7702X SoC. CPU cores are P550 designed by SiFive. SoC contains an NPU that provides AI capability up to 50 TOPS. Other • StationV D300, a workstation based on a RISC-V processor with 64 cores and AI accelerator card support. • DC-ROMEO, an RC car series based on ESP32-C6. • Debug Expansion Card, a Framework compatible expansion card providing UART/EC-S/USB-C to DC-ROMA mainboards. ==References==