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Sipeed Lichee Cluster 4A board now available (supports up to 7 RISC-V computer modules)

Earlier this summer Sipeed launched the Lichee Pi 4A computer board powered by a system-on-a-module with a quad-core RISC-V processor. At the time, Sipeed also announced plans to release a bunch of other products powered by the same module, including a mini-laptop, tablet, and cluster board. The laptop and tablet went up for pre-order recently. […]

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Sipeed Lichee Pi 4A is a modular RISC-V mini PC with up to 16GB RAM

Sipeed’s Lichee Pi 4A is a compact computer that the company says offers better performance than a Raspberry Pi 4. But it has a few key features that set it apart from Raspberry Pi’s devices. First, the  Lichee Pi 4A is powered by a RISC-V processor. Second, it supports up to 16GB of RAM. And […]

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YY3568 modular dev kit features RK3568 processor, up to 8GB RAM, and plenty of I/O

The Youyeetoo YY3568 is a two-piece development board that consists of a system-on-a-module (SOM) with a Rockchip RK3568 processor and up to 8GB of LPDDR4 RAM and 64GB of eMMC storage, and a carrier board with a bunch of ports and connectors. It’s available for purchase with prices for a complete kit ranging from $63 […]

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NVIDIA Jetson Orin NX 16GB is now available (tiny system-on-a-module up to 100 TOPS AI performance)

The NVIDIA Jetson Orin NX 16GB module is a little computer that looks like a stick of RAM, but which offers up to 100 TOPS of AI performance for machine learning, computer vision, and other tasks. NVIDIA’s new system-on-a-module is now available for purchase.  But with a $699 price tag, it’s clear that the Orin NX 16GB […]

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This single-board computer has slots for SSD and LTE modules

By definition, single-board computers typically have everything you need to get up and running embedded on the board… and the new Boardcon Idea3399 is no different on that front. It has a Rockchip RK3399 hexa-core processor, 4GB of RAM, and 8GB of eMMC flash storage, and the system ships with android 7.1. But what makes […]

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NVIDIA Jetson Nano is a tiny AI computer for $99 and up

NVIDIA’s latest Jetson computer module is basically a small, low-power PC designed to provide an affordable solution for artificial intelligence. The NVIDIA Jetson Nano module features a 1.43 GHz ARM Cortex-A57 quad-core processor and 128-core NVIDIA Maxwell graphics with speeds up to 921 MHz. NVIDIA says the Jetson Nano “delivers 472 GFLOPS of computer performance” […]

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NVIDIA releases Jetson AGX Xavier module for autonomous devices (robots)

NVIDIA is probably best known for making graphics cards used for gaming and video editing, but the company also designed low-power processors aimed at tablets, TV boxes, and other small gadgets a few years ago. Aside from the NVIDIA Shield Android TV box, there aren’t many devices using those chips anymore… but NVIDIA took what […]

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Compulab’s tiny UCM-iMX7 compute module bends over backward to stay small

Compulab makes a line of tiny desktop computers that it sells under the Fit-PC brand, among others. But the company also offers a line of computer-on-modules including solutions with Intel and AMD chips, and tiny models with ARM-based chips from Freescale/NXP. The company’s latest ARM-based module is called the UCM-iMX7 and it features a Cortex-A7 processor, up […]

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NVIDIA launches Jetson TX1 system-on-a-module for robots, drones, other low-power autonomous PCs

Last year NVIDIA launched the Jetson TK1 developer kit for folks interested in designing products using the company’s Tegra K1 processor. This year NVIDIA is going a bit further. As you might expect, there’s a new developer kit based on the Tegra X1 processor, and it’s called the Jetson TX1. But once you’ve designed a […]