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Can someone ELI5 how to actually take advantage of this? Like if I just compile a simple C program is it going to magically run faster? How about running some s

Can someone ELI5 how to actually take advantage of this? Like if I just compile a simple C program is it going to magically run faster? How about running some shell scripts or running random python code? Or do I need to write code with a specific SDK to take advantage?

coder543 6y ago
> is it going to magically run faster? Faster than what? The previous Compute Module 3+? Absolutely.
hadlock 6y ago
Compute modules are used for all sorts of things, from tiny research compute clusters, to embedded control boards for all sorts of things, like semi-custom digital sinage, remote control submarines, kiosks, "smart" vending machines etc etc. By guaranteeing availability for 8 years, that allows companies to design, spin up production, build and support their own products, with a compute module as the "brain" for one full business cycle, pretty much however you measure a business cycle. Other examples of raspberry pi compute module devices, custom drones, ad-hoc ventilator brains, custom network hardware, custom "IoT" devices etc etc. Without all the inconveniently large consumer-sized ports on the compute module, these devices are well suited for all sorts of low to mid volume B2B products. Raspberry Pi Foundation has built quite a reputation of being a very solid SBC supplier in the commercial realm.
- AtlasBarfed 6y ago
  Do these vendors really push the optimization envelope? It's too bad there isn't something like a game console (for profit) wrapped around this thing, that would really kickstart hardcore optimization. Much like the game consoles of old (ps-one, nes, snes, genesis), the devs would squeeze every last bit of performance out of those platforms, but there wasn't a non-gaming computing userbase to take advantage of those optimizations. I had heard the cell in the PS2 was used in some supercomputers, but that might have been the Cell whitepaper presenting unrealistic flops and someone on the Folding.Home taking the hype at face value.
cameron_b 6y ago
The "Compute Module" line of Raspberry Pi devices have the same "guts" as their bigger siblings, just less extras, but in ways that allow them to be integrated into custom solutions for, say, stereo camera photo booths for instance, instead of having just the one camera interface on the full-size Pi. They are used in some NEC commercial displays because the cool part is you get to add a small connector to the base design, and bolt on a linux computer, because the CM is just that, a full computer, designed to be integrated into cool things

coder543 6y ago

> is it going to magically run faster? Faster than what? The previous Compute Module 3+? Absolutely.

hadlock 6y ago

Compute modules are used for all sorts of things, from tiny research compute clusters, to embedded control boards for all sorts of things, like semi-custom digital sinage, remote control submarines, kiosks, "smart" vending machines etc etc. By guaranteeing availability for 8 years, that allows companies to design, spin up production, build and support their own products, with a compute module as the "brain" for one full business cycle, pretty much however you measure a business cycle. Other examples of raspberry pi compute module devices, custom drones, ad-hoc ventilator brains, custom network hardware, custom "IoT" devices etc etc. Without all the inconveniently large consumer-sized ports on the compute module, these devices are well suited for all sorts of low to mid volume B2B products. Raspberry Pi Foundation has built quite a reputation of being a very solid SBC supplier in the commercial realm.

AtlasBarfed 6y ago
Do these vendors really push the optimization envelope? It's too bad there isn't something like a game console (for profit) wrapped around this thing, that would really kickstart hardcore optimization. Much like the game consoles of old (ps-one, nes, snes, genesis), the devs would squeeze every last bit of performance out of those platforms, but there wasn't a non-gaming computing userbase to take advantage of those optimizations. I had heard the cell in the PS2 was used in some supercomputers, but that might have been the Cell whitepaper presenting unrealistic flops and someone on the Folding.Home taking the hype at face value.

cameron_b 6y ago

The "Compute Module" line of Raspberry Pi devices have the same "guts" as their bigger siblings, just less extras, but in ways that allow them to be integrated into custom solutions for, say, stereo camera photo booths for instance, instead of having just the one camera interface on the full-size Pi. They are used in some NEC commercial displays because the cool part is you get to add a small connector to the base design, and bolt on a linux computer, because the CM is just that, a full computer, designed to be integrated into cool things