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> machines with this CPU core have been available for years Not true. The first volume-produced (reasonably priced) board with the C910 core was the LicheePi 4
by brucehoult 2y ago
> machines with this CPU core have been available for years
Not true. The first volume-produced (reasonably priced) board with the C910 core was the LicheePi 4A. My pre-ordered $119 quad core board arrived on June 6, which is still less than one year ago. The Lichee Cluster 4A used here shipped in September.
Until the BPI-F3 shipped this month it was the newest core available in a multi-core SBC. Sadly so far the BPI-F3 ships only with a paltry 4 GB RAM, not the 16 GB people hoped for (and that the LicheePi has), making it useless for many development jobs, especially if you want to use all 8 cores.
- snvzz 2y agoGot them confused. C906 shipped ages ago. C910 was first available for general public in LM4A which is indeed recent relatively speaking. I agree 4GB makes that Banana Pi board useless. I am hopeful for other boards with the same SoC or a future variant with at least 16GB. We won't be getting very far with make -j8 with just 4GB.