Wednesday, May 13th 2026
DeepComputing Launches DC-ROMA RISC-V Mainboard III for Framework Laptop 13
DeepComputing today announced the official launch of the DC-ROMA RISC-V Mainboard III for the Framework Laptop 13, marking a major milestone in bringing practical, high-performance RISC-V computing into a modular laptop form factor. Starting at $699, the new mainboard represents a significant step toward making RISC-V a developer-ready, everyday computing platform—combining open architecture, modern performance, and seamless integration with the Framework ecosystem.
Built on the RISC-V architecture and designed for full compatibility with the Framework Laptop 13, the DC-ROMA RISC-V Mainboard III is powered by the SpacemiT K3 RISC-V AI SoC—the world's first RISC-V SoC to support the RVA23 profile. This standardization milestone helps provide a more consistent software target for developers, accelerating ecosystem maturity.
The platform features an 8-core CPU running up to 2.5 GHz and delivers up to 60 TOPS of AI computing performance, enabling efficient execution of AI workloads and next-generation applications. It will support mainstream Linux distributions such as Ubuntu and Fedora, along with additional Linux-based operating systems.
The launch represents a significant advancement in the evolution of RISC-V from experimental development boards toward practical, developer-ready laptop computing. By combining open hardware architecture with Framework's modular laptop ecosystem, the platform provides developers with a familiar and upgradeable environment for building, testing, and optimizing software directly on RISC-V hardware.
The DC-ROMA Mainboard III also reflects continued progress across the broader RISC-V ecosystem, including improvements in Linux enablement, graphics support, AI acceleration, developer tooling, and software standardization.
Developed in collaboration with our SoC partners and supported by ecosystem partners across hardware and open-source software communities, the platform is intended to help accelerate the adoption of open computing technologies and expand opportunities for developers working on next-generation applications.
With the DC-ROMA Mainboard III, DeepComputing continues its mission of bridging open hardware innovation with real-world usability, making RISC-V computing more practical, modular, and widely available.
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Built on the RISC-V architecture and designed for full compatibility with the Framework Laptop 13, the DC-ROMA RISC-V Mainboard III is powered by the SpacemiT K3 RISC-V AI SoC—the world's first RISC-V SoC to support the RVA23 profile. This standardization milestone helps provide a more consistent software target for developers, accelerating ecosystem maturity.
The launch represents a significant advancement in the evolution of RISC-V from experimental development boards toward practical, developer-ready laptop computing. By combining open hardware architecture with Framework's modular laptop ecosystem, the platform provides developers with a familiar and upgradeable environment for building, testing, and optimizing software directly on RISC-V hardware.
The DC-ROMA Mainboard III also reflects continued progress across the broader RISC-V ecosystem, including improvements in Linux enablement, graphics support, AI acceleration, developer tooling, and software standardization.
Developed in collaboration with our SoC partners and supported by ecosystem partners across hardware and open-source software communities, the platform is intended to help accelerate the adoption of open computing technologies and expand opportunities for developers working on next-generation applications.
With the DC-ROMA Mainboard III, DeepComputing continues its mission of bridging open hardware innovation with real-world usability, making RISC-V computing more practical, modular, and widely available.
4 Comments on DeepComputing Launches DC-ROMA RISC-V Mainboard III for Framework Laptop 13
i may be interested when it is a refurbished device with replaceable keyboards, cpu, dram, storage, wifi, decent documentation, coreboot, etc.
this device reads more like a ai gimmic but not a useable computer. i do not have and see any software in 1351 packages which needs 60 tops. provide proper support for usage of tops. also gpu usage is much limited these days. they should start to explain why I personally should need ai 60 tops with the linux kernel and the gnu userspace when i do not need it since kernel version 2.0.0.
avx512 is less niche as gpu usage or those 60 ai tops. avx512 half a year ago showed that at least 20 of those 1450 packages utilised the higher end avx512 instructions here. the indicator also was newer code bases and not legacy code like gtk or qt as examples.
www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2025/build-box64-box32-x86-emulation-on-risc-v-linux/
iirc there was some work to make FEX support RISC-V as well, but I'm not sure how it went.