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| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Computer hardware RISC-V |
| Founded | 2022 |
| Founder | Yuning Liang |
| Headquarters | |
| Products | Motherboards, Laptops |
| Website | deepcomputing |
DeepComputing is a technology company based in Hong Kong that develops and sells RISC-V based hardware. Its flagship products are laptops, tablets and PC motherboards with various processors based on 64-bit RISC-V ISA.
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. [1]
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. [2] [3] [4] A month later it was revealed that the SoC inside is an Alibaba TH1520. [5] 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. [6] [7] [4] In August, company announced the first ever RISC-V based tablet named DC ROMA PAD II, which was powered by the same K1 SoC. It was priced around $149. [8]
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. [9] [10] [11]
In March 2025, DeepComputing announced DC-ROMA AI PC motherboard (initially called Mainboard II), [12] 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. [13] [14]
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.
