[GTALUG] Intel entering the low end, AMD taking ARM to the high end (Was: HummingBoard-i2eX First Impressions)

[Tim Tisdall]

On Mon, Dec 29, 2014 at 7:45 AM, Scott Sullivan <scott at ss.org> wrote:

> On 12/29/2014 01:35 AM, William Park wrote:
>
>> On Sun, Dec 28, 2014 at 09:12:53PM -0500, Scott Sullivan wrote:
>>
>>> This Christmas I got myself another ARM dev board. In this case the
>>> HummingBoard-i2eX from SolidRun.
>>>
>>
>>  http://www.solid-run.com/
>>>
>>
>> $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 certainly has not ignored these low power, small form factor SoCs.
> The have provided two SoC over the last few years, with inexpensive dev
> boards, one of which that is in it's second generation.
>
> http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/do-it-yourself/
> galileo-maker-quark-board.html
> http://arduino.cc/en/ArduinoCertified/IntelGalileo
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Galileo
>
>
> http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/do-it-yourself/edison.html
> https://www.sparkfun.com/categories/272
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Edison
>
>
~$100 Intel systems:
http://www.cnx-software.com/2014/11/25/meegopad-t01-android-4-4-windows-8-1-mini-pc-sells-for-as-low-as-93/

http://www.cnx-software.com/2014/11/11/meego-p01-mini-pc-with-intel-atom-z3735f-2gb-ram-32gb-emmc-sells-for-125-promo/#comment-290996
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