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Balthazar – An open-source hardware modular RISC-V, Arm, or FPGA laptop (UPDATED)

Posted by Rianne Schestowitz on Feb 10, 2023,

updated Feb 12, 2023

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↺ Balthazar RISC V laptop

The Balthazar Personal Computing Device (BPCD) is an open-source hardware 13.3-inch laptop with a RISC-V, Arm, or FPGA module and designed to be upgradable, expandable, and sustainable.

The developers say the laptop is based on a few concepts inspired by the EOMA68 project. The EOMA68 is a CPU module based on the PCMCIA form factor, and an Allwinner A20 EOMA68 module was showcased in a prototype of the Rhombus Tech 15.6-inch Libre Laptop but I don’t think the project was ever manufactured.

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UPDATE

Open-Source, RISC-V Laptop Will Be Easy to Make and Upgrade

↺ Open-Source, RISC-V Laptop Will Be Easy to Make and Upgrade

> A new RISC-V laptop concept is in the works, that is built entirely on open standards and will be cheap to purchase.

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