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So this is a rehash of the Intel Compute Card: https://www.tomshardware.com/news/intel-compute-card-bad-idea,38899.html https://www.tomshardware.com/news/intel-
by ocdtrekkie 5y ago
So this is a rehash of the Intel Compute Card: https://www.tomshardware.com/news/intel-compute-card-bad-idea,38899.html https://www.tomshardware.com/news/intel-compute-card-bad-ide...
The problem here is the Compute Card was killed before one could meaningfully upgrade the internals of hardware using it. What commitment is there Intel won't do the same for the NUC Compute Element?
Putting the NUC brand on it doesn't change that you need a commitment to the form factor for people to buy into it.
- blacksmith_tb 5y agoI suppose the idea is that if the element board is used in multiple product lines (this laptop, and desktop NUCs as well) Intel is less likely to kill it suddenly?
- soneil 5y agoI don't think putting it in a NUC gives it the groundswell it sounds like. There's no reason the 12th gen couldn't have a processor on a dinky motherboard just like every generation before it. What the compute element really needs is a solid commitment. If they can promise me the next 3 generations will be drop-in compatible, there's value to it. If all we get is "in theory the next generation could be drop-in compatible, but Intel's track record says otherwise", less so. very much less so.