2014-03-05, 05:21
AMD has announced some new low cost hardware which could be very interesting, especially with AMD's OSS llinux drivers improving rapidly. From ArsTechnica:
$60 for a CPU, GPU and motherboard could give the RPI a run for its money.
http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2014/03/a...-dead-end/
Quote:Enter the AM1 chipset, an SoC for desktops launching April 9 and aimed at developing markets. You may recognize AM1 as a sibling of the Kabini family of chips, which launched last year with dual- and quad-core Jaguar CPUs and GPUs on the same chipset—very much resembling what landed in both the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 a few months later.
While Kabini is destined primarily for portables, AMD wants the AM1 to dominate the low-cost, expandable desktop market, and at an estimated $60 starting price for the chipset and the motherboard combined, it's appropriate for that task.
$60 for a CPU, GPU and motherboard could give the RPI a run for its money.
http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2014/03/a...-dead-end/