Developing the RISC-V Framework Laptop Mainboard

Nirav & Hyelim sit down at Framework HQ SF to talk about all things RISC-V and DeepComputing.

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[vapourisation]

Just wanted to say how INSANE it is that a hardware manufacturer is not jus talking about but putting out videos discussing RISC-V! Seriously an amazingly positive step in the tech world <3

[lenshibo]

Never has there been a laptop that can change entire architectures with just a couple of screws! incredibly cool!

[mateowoetam]

Not many companies made the jump from x86_64 to RISC-V directly, most jumped first to ARM, this is one of the reasons why Framework is cool.

[marcusmcnugget]

I am loving the open source ecosystem framework has created, I would love to see more products on the marketplace that support this! It would be great to see adapters show up (and maybe even housings) to let us use our old batteries as portable chargers and our old screens as portable monitors!

[deaneatsgreens]

Never had more respect for this guy for just handing out documentation to whoever wants to build mainboards for their laptops. Amazing.

[DrathVader]

That has to be one of the coolest thing about framework laptops. You can take your existing x86 laptop, plop a new board in and now it's a risc-v laptop. Really neat.

[lloyd]

My favorite part of this interview was how he described 8GB or DRAM as "maybe not enough for real consumer ready workloads"

[dr_ari_gami]

As a computer science student I'm excited that framework has interns.

[ChristopherBurtraw]

That board was nicely built, it looks almost like a factory Framework product!

[TheFerdi]

I love that Framework is encouraging third party manufacturers to create compatible products and is releasing documentation. I really hope that this openness will lead to the Framework becoming the "IBM PC of Laptops" and having a whole ecosystem of modular Laptops and laptop parts.

[jeffmullins]

I like that most of the videos I've seen don't look like their super high cost shoots in studios. I feel like they just call each other and set up a good camera and just talk, looks natural, I like it.

[DrStoic]

I really like how Nirav mentioned that the 8gb memory is not enough for the consumers. Unlike u know who thinks that 8g is enough.

[liamblu]

Just here pushing for the Youtube algorithm. I won't be contributing to developing RISC-V further but I as a consumer will further support and evangalize Framework. Some of my friends got sparkling eyes when I showed them my Framework 16. So far, I am really happy I waited for so long.

[JuanCAraujoS]

This is a huge leap in technology that might just fly under the radar. The missing link between an academic project and a consumer product. I'm aware many things will be at the raw end and many others might need development in order to make it to market: NVMe and SODIMM support are a few I can come up from the top of my head.

Im happy with all of that. Framework is making history.

direction where framework company is going is very cool.

looking forward for what is coming next :)

[nadtz]

I've been hoping for an ARM or RISC-V laptop from Framework and always thought I was dreaming. Man I hope this works out.

[TheoParis]

This is making me consider a framework laptop even more now!


I just got a VisionFive2 board a few months ago and It has the same RISC-V CPU that the new Framework mainboard will have. The Linux kernel >=6.11 will have improved RISC-V support which means it will be a lot easier to get this hardware up and running. I bet the framework mainboard will need similar patches to be upstreamed eventually (maybe for the device tree).

[FinaISpartan]

Framework is becoming a standard similar to ATX. LOVE IT

[brophn]

Love that I could soon have the risc-v / linux laptop

[johnjakson]

Patterson and crew at U Berkeley must be very proud to see this come to fruition