Sipeed Lichee Book 4A 14″ Modular Linux Laptop with TH1520 Quad-Core RISC-V Processor

Sipeed Lichee Book 4A is a RISC-V lightweight laptop featuring a 14-inch 1920×1200 display, RISC-V TH1520 SOM (8+32/16+128 options), and various connectivity options including USB-A, USB-C, SSD slot, and more. It is designed for RISC-V developers to explore real-life applications of RISC-V technology.

The TH1520 is born out of the Wujian 600 platform unveiled by Alibaba in August 2022 and is capable of running desktop-level applications such as Firefox browser and LibreOffice office suite on OpenAnolis open-source Linux-based operating system launched by Alibaba in 2020.

In our previous post, we also wrote about the Lichee Console 4A, a compact laptop powered by a Lichee Pi 4A RISC-V processor. It has 16GB of RAM, multiple storage options, and built-in Wi-Fi. Feel free to check this out if you are looking for similar products.

Sipeed Lichee Book 4A specification:

• SOM: Sipeed LM4A
  • SoC: Alibaba T-Head TH1520
    • CPU:
      • Quad-core RISC-V Xuantie C910 (RV64GCV) processor @ 1.85 GHz
      • low power Xuantie E902 core
    • DSP: Xuantie C906 audio DSP @ 800 MHz
    • GPU: IMG BXM-4-64 GPU, supports OpenCL 1.1/1.2/2.0, OpenGL ES 3.0/3.1/3.2, Vulkan 1.1/1.2, and Android NN HAL
    • NPU:  4TOPS@INT8, up to 1GHz supports TensorFlow, ONNX, Caffe
    • VDU:
      • Encoder:  Supports H.264 BP/MP/[email protected] encoding, H.265/HEVC Main Profile encoding, up to 4K@40fps resolution
      • Decoder:  
        • H.265/H.264/VP9/8/7/6/AVS/AVS+/AVS2.0 decoding, up to 4k@75fps resolution
        • VP6/7/8/AVS/AVS+/VC1/MPEG4 decoding, up to 1920×1080 resolution
• Memory: 8GB or 16GB 64bit LPDDR4 RAM
• Storage:
  • 32GB or 128GB eMMC flash
  • NGFF 2280 SATA SSD
• Ethernet: 2x Gigabit PHY
• Display: 14 inch 1920 x 1200 LCD
• Video Output: mini HDMI port
• Audio: 3.5mm Headphone, MEMS MIC, StereoSpeaker
• Connectivity: WiFi6, and Bluetooth 5.4
• Camera: 0.3MP Front Camera
• Interface: 
  • USB3.0 Type-A, USB3.0 Type-C, USB2.0 Type-A
  • MicroSD Slot
• User input: 88-keys compact keyboard and touchpad
• Battery: 4500 [email protected]
• Dimension: ( 314 x217 x17 ) mm
• Weight: 1.3 kg

The Book supports M.2 2280 SATA SSDs, which can be installed by removing the SSD cover on the back. If you do not plan to use an SSD, you can manually turn off the USB-to-SSD chip to reduce power consumption (about 0.6 watts) and extend battery life.

Sipeed Lichee Book 4A  is available on AliExpress for just $188.80 without the CPU module for people who already own a Lichee LM4A system-on-module. You can buy a complete laptop with an 8GB/32GB variant at $298.40 and a 16GB/128GB variant at $348.80 on the same link. Shipping charges apply according to the delivery time of this product.

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