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I would like a board with a 2-core Cortex-A73 SoC with a simple GPU, 2GB of RAM, ethernet, and PCI-E for NVME. For 20$.
by faragon 2y ago
I would like a board with a 2-core Cortex-A73 SoC with a simple GPU, 2GB of RAM, ethernet, and PCI-E for NVME. For 20$.
- monocasa 2y agoI don't think that SoC makes sense. Because of how the pad frame would work for the ddr and and pcie, you'd have a bunch of empty silicon if you only stuck a couple A73s and a simple GPU in it (and at this scale, the Ethernet is basically free).
- faragon 2y agoWell, their point for the price reduction was "dark silicon". I assumed removing more silicon it could allow a cheaper SoC.
- rldjbpin 2y agowait 5 years maybe? chip pricing is the crux of the matter here.