On 02/22/2015 12:11 PM, [email protected] wrote:
Quad Core 900MHZ CPU 1 1G of RAM
Solid state storage (SD Card)
DC power supply
A theoretical price of $35 (currently obtainable at $45)
Seriously, how is this not an ideal platform for 99% of computer projects?
Amazing specs, if you ask me.
The RAM is not soldered on the board, it is in the same component as the
CPU (package-on-package I think it is) which I should think would be
faster than the specs might otherwise suggest. Certainly reduced board
area and cost.
And not just any CPU, but an A7, which clock-for-clock a better core
than that in the previous Raspberry Pi.
So just one CPU will be noticeably faster than the previous one--and you
have three more to play with at the same time.
Maybe I'm old, but this much computing capability the size of a pack of
playing cards for $35 in quantities of one, seems like a HUGE enabling
technology for a new boom in hardware products.
Don't forget the hackability. The traditional office computers of the
last many years don't have handy GPIO lines.
-kb
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