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Raspberry Pi alternative Anonymous 04/05/20 (Sun) 01:59:02 No.13071

This Raspberry Pi alternative has an 8th-gen Intel Core processor and 16GB of RAM, but will cost you almost $800!

> This is a serious board designed for projects such as AI, edge computing, signage, and drones.

> Raspberry Pi boards are great for small projects, and sometimes even larger projects, but some applications need a lot more performance. This is where higher-end boards such as the AAEON PICO-WHU4 come into their own.

> But power and performance doesn't come cheap.

> While a Raspberry Pi 4 comes with a quad-core Cortex-A72 (ARM v8) 64-bit SoC processor running at 1.5GHz and between 1GB and 4GB of RAM, the PICO-WHU4 is more like a high-end PC.

> The tech specs are particularly impressive.

> PICO-WHU4 tech specs:

> 8th Intel Core i5 Processor SoC

> Single non-ECC DDR4 SODIMM slot supporting up to 16GB of RAM

> PICO-ITX form factor

> Dual HDMI 1.4b ports

> GbE x 2

> SATA 6.0 Gb/s x 1

> GPIO x 4

> USB 3.2 Gen 2 x 2 (Rear), USB 2.0 x 2 Pin header, RS-232/422/485 x 2

> Full size mSATA/mPCIe x 1 (Select by BIOS), M.2 2230 (E key) x 1

> 12V Only (Terminal block)

> The price for this is $783.

$783.00

Source: https://www.zdnet.com/pictures/aaeon-pico-whu4-board-with-with-8th-gen-intel-core-processor/5/

Archive: http://archive.ph/IiDcG

someone please explain to me why I would want this over a Raspberry Pi 4 with 4GB Ram for $61.00 on Amazon? I can get a dozen Pi4's with that money and build an 11-node cluster

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Anonymous 04/06/20 (Mon) 09:32:10 No.13093

You can get much more power for the price by buying a fucking laptop instead of these stupid hipsterboards. I'd understand if it was using open source hardware or something, but this is just an overpriced botnet.

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Anonymous 04/06/20 (Mon) 11:00:22 No.13094

>intel

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Anonymous 04/07/20 (Tue) 00:17:07 No.13096

>>13071

> 8th Intel Core i5 Processor SoC

> Dual HDMI 1.4b ports

Well with those specs it has the grunt to run as a low power 4K-capable HTPC, provided the SoC has a built-in GPU for decode; or perhaps as an emulator for arcade games and consoles, for which the ARM-based pi was not that great. But having said that, it's still a rort. It's grossly overpowered for most hobby projects, and grossly overpriced for that market. I honestly don't know who would bother shelling out ~$800 for the thing.

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Anonymous 04/07/20 (Tue) 00:25:04 No.13097

>>13096

Actually, no, scratch that: I just checked and it's not 4K capable. That requires HDMI 2.0.

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Anonymous 04/07/20 (Tue) 23:24:16 No.13107

>>13071

Raspberry Pi alternative is the new WoW killer.

An 800$ board is not and can never be a pi alternative, it's obviously a completely different market that this board is aiming at.

It's like calling a Honda Civic a Rolls Royce alternative.

Journo retardation aside, a cluster is harder to manage than a single board. You have to write your code a lot more multiprocess-safe than with a single board to get the same performance, boards are gonna burn out, etc.

That being said, what kind of project would require that amount of power and absolutely demand a small formfactor? At the price, you could easily go for a microATX motherboard and other standard components instead of going for a SoC that locks both you and your code in.

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Anonymous 04/09/20 (Thu) 02:58:45 No.13123

>just to use gpio or some IoT shit when you could do it with ether or serial

>proprietary power supply and graphics

At least it's small but just get yourself a used thin client like Dell Wyse.

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Anonymous 04/09/20 (Thu) 20:53:45 No.13133

>>13071

A RiscV Pi would be better.

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Anonymous 04/11/20 (Sat) 02:36:52 No.13154

>>13093

These things can be kinda cool if you're using it as the basis for a custom laptop. The site I'm linking has some examples of what I'm talking about, even if it's fairly gimmicky.

https://www.cyberdeck.cafe/

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Anonymous 04/11/20 (Sat) 05:27:25 No.13158

>>13154

Soyface detected.

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Anonymous 04/11/20 (Sat) 07:44:28 No.13159

>>13158

Yeah most of the guys actively working on this stuff are kinda gay, but the idea is cool in concept because you could make a portable computer with a non shit keyboard built in and fairly modern specs. You'd be hard pressed to find a modern laptop with a decent keyboard or really with anything a thinkpad could do. You might be able to find something, but I haven't been able to. Plus I think it's kinda cool to see people make laptops with non standard shells.

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Anonymous 04/17/20 (Fri) 16:30:50 No.13244

>>13071

Who is going to need this kind of power in such a small form factor?

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Anonymous 04/20/20 (Mon) 04:31:10 No.13275

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>>13071

What about the UDOO Bolt V8?

https://shop.udoo.org/products/bolt.html

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