PINE A64+ 1.2 GHz quad core 64 bit: US$19

[sje]

PINE A64+ 1.2 GHz quad core 64 bit: US$19

See: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/pi ... per-comput

Cortex A53 CPU (1.2 GHz quad core 64 bit)
1 GiB DDR3 RAM
Gigabit Ethernet
USB 2.0 x2
SD Card Slot (allows up to 256 GiB card)
RTC
4K HDMI
Mali400-MP2 GPU (dual core)

Looks like the best candidate so far for a bit board program cluster node. Note the standard RTC, something every Unix machine should have.

[matthewlai]

PINE A64+ 1.2 GHz quad core 64 bit: US$19

See: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/pi ... per-comput

Cortex A53 CPU (1.2 GHz quad core 64 bit)
1 GiB DDR3 RAM
Gigabit Ethernet
USB 2.0 x2
SD Card Slot (allows up to 256 GiB card)
RTC
4K HDMI
Mali400-MP2 GPU (dual core)

Looks like the best candidate so far for a bit board program cluster node. Note the standard RTC, something every Unix machine should have.

Looks quite good. I'd be interested in building a cluster out of this if it actually materializes.

[flok]

Yeah or this one:

http://nl.aliexpress.com/item/Orange-Pi ... eb201560_3

1GB ram, quadcore, 1.6GHz

Requires tinkering because no specific linux distro available. That is you can get one from http://www.orangepi.org/orangepibbsen/f ... a=page%3D1 but there's for example no main-line kernel support.

[jdart]

Looks like several distros are available here:

http://www.orangepi.org/downloaded/download.html.

--Jon

[flok]

Not for the orange pi pc

[sje]

The Orange Pi is nice, but it's not a 64 bit machine.

http://www.orangepi.org/

[sje]

PINE A64+ vs Raspberry Pi B2

PINE A64+ advantages

• 64 bit CPU (quad)
  1.2 GHz clock
  1 Gbps Ethernet
  RTC
  SD Card capacity to 256 GiB
  Slightly less expensive

Raspberry Pi B2 advantages

• Major bugs squashed from earlier Raspberry Pi models
  Readily available for sale
  Delivery time three days in the US
  Hundreds of thousands already sold
  Numerous Linux distributions available
  Numerous third party hardware options
  Huge number of third party open source projects
  Has at least one monthly magazine
  Good for first time coders

[sje]

It's possible to save US$4 by getting the US$15 PINE A64 instead of the US$19 PINE A64+. The cheaper model has half the RAM (512 MiB) and one tenth the maximum Ethernet speed (100 Mbps vs 1 Gbps).

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More on the Cortex A53 CPU (it even has branch prediction): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARM_Cortex-A53

[jshriver]

Raspberry Pi is coming out with a version that's only $5.

When the original was announced I thought about making a small ARM cluster but realized the power was simply not there to justify time/expense. (Unless you are a developer releasing ARM-binaries, then maybe for a compiler farm)

Cheaper just to buy a true quad core AM3 system.

There is also this $9 SoC

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/15 ... 9-computer

[sje]

US$9 C.H.I.P.

32 bit CPU, single core
1 GHz clock
512 MiB RAM
Single USB port
+US$15 for HDMI output
No RTC
No wired Ethernet

Has WiFi, but maybe this is not so good for a cluster
Has 4 GiB flash