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What all of these mini computers need is modular, high speed persistent storage. They all use SD, which is sooooo slow as to be unusable. I've seen a few board
by matt_wulfeck 10y ago
What all of these mini computers need is modular, high speed persistent storage. They all use SD, which is sooooo slow as to be unusable.
I've seen a few boards which take eMMc but they are few and far between, and require special (proprietary to the board) hardware to be installed on the eMMC chip.
Even still I'm not sure the bus would even provide much IO bandwidth. Storage is an area that needs a lot more improvement for mini computers.
- brians 10y agoI suspect we'll see cheap storage before modular storage. If there's 64 GB onboard and nearly as fast as RAM, it's easier to live with the rest of the world being on the other side of a USB interface.
- matt_wulfeck 10y agoI would kill for that kind of onboard storage. Even 4 or 8 GB would be great with an SD expansion slot for additional storage.
- BrandoElFollito 10y agoThe C.H.I.P has this. I am waiting for the two I ordered to ship (3 months late).
- thinkmassive 10y agoA very valid point, especially considering how quickly an SD card can be corrupted by write activity
- cheiVia0 10y agoNVMe is probably coming at some point.