[GTALUG] HummingBoard-i2eX First Impressions

Lennart Sorensen lsorense at csclub.uwaterloo.ca
Mon Dec 29 13:41:53 UTC 2014


On Mon, Dec 29, 2014 at 01:35:06AM -0500, William Park wrote:
> $100... hmm, I guess we're paying for mSATA, mPCIe, and gigabit.
> 
> I really don't know why Intel/AMD don't release x86 version for this
> market segment.  People say, power consumption on ARM.  They can reduce
> power consumption on x86, too.  After attaching USB devices, mSATA SSD
> card, mPCI wifi card, the power issue is moot anyways.

Intel keeps coming out with $300 boards and boxes while talking about
them being like the raspberry pi.  Intel simply does not seem to
understand the concept of cheap and low power hardware.

-- 
Len Sorensen


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