Recently, Pine64, company responsible for other excellent SBCs such as Rock64 and Quartz64 , announced, via a message posted on its official Twitter profile, that it is working on a new device based on the RISC-V open source architecture, which will be "powerful and accessible".
June Update: @ pine64eu launches next week #PinebookPro stock in July @gamelaster becomes community manager
We are building a @risc_v SBC #PinePhone modem firmware & cam improvements #PineNote you can now hand-write in LibreOffice on Linux!
and much more: https://t.co/Sw0gPeqxMR
- PINE64 (@ thepine64) June 28, 2022
From the point of view of specifications , this new card will aim for similar performance to the Quartz64 (based on ARM) and will follow the form factor of the Q uartz64 Model A. The product still lacks a name, as well as an official SoC, but it will be equipped with USB 3.0, PCIe ports and can be configured with 4 or 6 GB of RAM. The price should also not be much different than the Quartz64, which is currently priced at $ 60 for the version with 4GB of RAM.| ); }
Lukacz Erecinsli, Pine64 community manager, said:
The RISC-V platform is something we want to pursue alongside our established ARM-based hardware. We have some candidate devices for a RISC-V conversion and ideas for future hardware iterations based on this architecture, which I believe many of you will find exciting. In short: we have decided to commit ourselves to the RISC-V platform.