Pinebook using the Rock64?

[BobCollins]

What are the chances of a premium Pinebook using your Rock64 SBC design?

As I see it, there are several advantages to a Rock64-based design.

1. Rocketchip has moved beyond binary blobs that Allwinner requires
   
2. Larger RAM support (up to 4 GB)
   
3. USB 3.0
   
4. GPIO pins
   
5. Uses the same pluggable eMMC storage modules as other Pine64 products
   

Another thought is that this could be a modular notebook which incorporates the actual Pine64 Rock64 with an adapter board for the display, keyboard, and the trackpad.

What do you think?

[naviathan]

I'd buy it.

[tllim]

We are currently exploring into this path. Stay tuned.

[z4v4l]

like then it would better to put there rk3399, no?

1. Rocketchip has moved beyond binary blobs that Allwinner requires

this is a non argument. this is zealotry for ones and the subject for stupid parroting for others. consumers give no sh!t about this.
but this is a lie too. Rockchip didn't even manage to supply full Manuals. Open the RK3328 manual and what you'll see? UART and GPIO. and that's all! this is a joke. Not even eMMC controller. Finally, since when Rockchip has opened its binary blobs with DRAM initiliazation? Did i miss something?

[hojnikb]

We are currently exploring into this path. Stay tuned.

Any chance for a H6 based version ? It seems to have almost everything a laptop need. Only thing it does need is a pmic, that supports battery (Reference axp805 does not).