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| Haze:
--- Quote from: Grasshopper on January 15, 2014, 03:27:20 pm ---If the $60 figure is correct (which to be honest I doubt) then it sounds ludicrously overpriced to me. On paper, this device appears to be about the same speed as the Raspberry Pi, which as least has a powerful GPU to compensate for its slow processor. And the RPi itself is beginning to look very underpowered/overpriced compared to the newer SOCs coming out of China. --- End quote --- You're paying for the size... which like I've already pointed out really is the least of your priorities when doing anything emulation related. |
| ark_ader:
--- Quote from: Haze on January 15, 2014, 07:19:14 pm --- --- Quote from: Grasshopper on January 15, 2014, 03:27:20 pm ---If the $60 figure is correct (which to be honest I doubt) then it sounds ludicrously overpriced to me. On paper, this device appears to be about the same speed as the Raspberry Pi, which as least has a powerful GPU to compensate for its slow processor. And the RPi itself is beginning to look very underpowered/overpriced compared to the newer SOCs coming out of China. --- End quote --- You're paying for the size... which like I've already pointed out really is the least of your priorities when doing anything emulation related. --- End quote --- Exactly. The Intel Edison is for wearable devices. |
| Grasshopper:
--- Quote from: Haze on January 15, 2014, 07:19:14 pm --- --- Quote from: Grasshopper on January 15, 2014, 03:27:20 pm ---If the $60 figure is correct (which to be honest I doubt) then it sounds ludicrously overpriced to me. On paper, this device appears to be about the same speed as the Raspberry Pi, which as least has a powerful GPU to compensate for its slow processor. And the RPi itself is beginning to look very underpowered/overpriced compared to the newer SOCs coming out of China. --- End quote --- You're paying for the size... which like I've already pointed out really is the least of your priorities when doing anything emulation related. --- End quote --- I disagree. If you remove the ports from an Android TV Box (or RPi/BBB) you're left with a chip that is no bigger than Intel's device. I also disagree with your second point. You don't seem to get the fact that not everyone has the space, time, money, or inclination to build a full size cab. Sure, a PC is the best option for a cab. No argument there. But if you just want to build a small Jakks Pacific style joystick so you can occasionally play games on your TV, then a hacked Android TV Box (or equivalent) makes a lot of sense. |
| pbj:
All of you bellyaching that someone is already making something similar on his workbench in his garage are missing the point. What Intel has that Raspberry Pi doesn't is money, influence, and market penetration. We might actually see something come out of this besides another Galaga in an Altoids can. :cheers: |
| RandyT:
--- Quote from: pbj on January 16, 2014, 04:11:07 pm ---What Intel has that Raspberry Pi doesn't is money, influence, and market penetration. --- End quote --- They had all of that when they hatched the Celeron too. As we apparently don't see the benefit of this particular device, perhaps you could let us in on what you see as some of the new innovations that this makes possible? As indicated by others, strip all of the peripheral hardware out of a quad-core cell phone, leaving just what the Intel device features, and consider whether the result would be larger, slower, or more costly. I could be wrong, but I'm guessing it wouldn't. So what's left? An x86 instruction set? It's an interesting device, which certainly demonstrates to the "common folk" how far processing power relative to size has come (which is likely why they chose the well-known SD card footprint). But that exercise even seems a bit redundant, as most are already carrying around examples in their pockets. Considering that Intel is under-represented in the public psyche when it comes to very small computing devices, and that it's probably a market they wish to penetrate at some point, my take is that this is mostly an exercise in marketing. I.e.; |
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