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N100/N150 (unintentionally?) fueled a Cambrian explosion in mini PCs. It needs a few more years of OEM experimentation with form factors and ISV software stacks
by transpute 1y ago
N100/N150 (unintentionally?) fueled a Cambrian explosion in mini PCs. It needs a few more years of OEM experimentation with form factors and ISV software stacks to identify new vertical markets, before trying to harvest high margin segments. It's too early and too successful to abandon the category now.
If they must have a $300 price point, offer one with many E-cores and zero P-cores. I wonder how long Twin Lake N150 will be sold, if there is no successor, https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/products/sku/241636/intel-processor-n150-6m-cache-up-to-3-60-ghz/specifications.html https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/products/sku/241636/...
- adgjlsfhk1 1y agoit is a part that you really wouldn't want to make if you could avoid it. given the ~120 pricepoint for a whole system the CPU is probably only ~$30. I'm glad it exists, but it's hard to imagine they're making money on it
- transpute 1y agoA lower binned part could be profitable, https://www.howtogeek.com/705101/what-is-binning-for-computer-components/ https://www.howtogeek.com/705101/what-is-binning-for-compute...