A chinese language chip design enterprise referred to as SpacemiT has unveiled a new desktop that will be powered through the business's K1 processor, which is an octa-core processor that should offer improved-than ARM Cortex-A55 efficiency, guide for 4K video, and a 2 TOPS NPU for hardware-accelerated AI points.

whereas the upcoming MUSE ebook isn't the primary desktop with a RISC-V processor, there's still no longer very a good deal competition in this space, which makes the computer unique… however it's uncertain if it's going to ever be obtainable outside of China. It's anticipated to run a Debian-based GNU/Linux distro referred to as Bianbu OS and it's positioned as a hardware building platform for individuals looking to get work with RISC-V architecture.

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MUSE book computing device facets SpacemiT K1 octa-core RISC-V AI processor, up to 16GB RAM [CNX Software]

The MUSE ebook is anticipated to promote for round $300 (in China, at the least), and in addition to a typical set of laptop ports like USB-C, USB-A, headphone, and a microSD card reader, there are I2C, UART, PWM, and GPIO interfaces uncovered on the facet of the laptop. The Muse book has a 14 inch, 1080p display and helps up to 16GB of LPDDR4x reminiscence and eMMC storage.

SpacemiT is additionally developing different items including a mini workstation known as the MUSE box, a MUSE Pi single-board computing device, a MUSE Card gadget-on-a-module, and a MUSE Shelf server. 

Pineberry Pi rebrands as Pineboards and launches four new Raspberry Pi HATs [bret.dk]

one of the crucial new boards permits you to join a mini PCIe card to a Raspberry Pi 5. another combines an M.2 2242 connector with audio points including a headphone jack, RCA audio jacks, and TI 112 dB Audio Stereo DAC (with a 32-bit, 384 KHz interface). There's also an AI HAT with a dual aspect TPU for as much as eight TOPS of performance. The uPCIty Lite is probably the most abnormal, with an open ended PCIe X4 slot and support for exterior vigor supplies, allowing you to join issues like snap shots cards.

Librem 5 Flash Sale at $599 [Purism]

When Purism launched a crowdfunding crusade in 2017 for its Librem 5 Linux smartphone, the business asked backers to spend $599 to reserve one. It took a few years for the telephone to ship, and prices climbed as high as $1,299 remaining year. but now Purism is offering the mobilephone for $599 again for a limited time. just bear in mind that the specs haven't modified, so this is nonetheless a gorgeous low-energy device that runs a fascinating Linux-based operating system referred to as PureOS that means that you can run computing device apps in addition to cell apps… however there nevertheless aren't very nearly as many mobile apps for the platform as for Android or iOS.

The Arc browser arrives on home windows to take on Chrome and part [Engadget]

attainable for Mac for the reason that 2022, the browser launched in beta for windows late final 12 months and now it's frequently available for windows eleven users. It's built on Chromium, but aspects a very distinct user interface with a sidebar for navigation, areas for organizing hyperlinks, and a break up-reveal view.

asserting the ASUS Chromebook CZ collection [Asus]

Asus launches four new Chromebooks for the training market. The CZ11 series characteristic eleven.6 inch HD displays, whereas the CZ12 have 12.2 inch FHD displays. All have MTK Kompanio 520 processors and as much as 8GB RAM.

RISC-V help in Android just obtained a huge setback [Android Authority]

Google eliminates Android ordinary Kernel image help for RISC-V architecture, which skill it'll be a great deal more difficult for gadget makers who want to port Android to RISC-V hardware moving ahead, despite the fact Google says it's not ending RISC-V support altogether.