Over the previous yr we’ve seen Chinese language PC makers together with Topton and AOOSTAR promoting a mini PC that’s clearly designed to be used as a file storage server. Not solely does it have two M.2 2280 slots for strong state storage, however there’s additionally room for 2 3.5 inch exhausting drives or SSDs.
The primary fashions to ship have been powered by AMD Athlon 300U chips and promote for lower than $200, whereas later fashions got here with the considerably higher-performance AMD Ryzen 5 5500U processor, and at the moment go for round $335 and up. Nevertheless it seems like a brand new mannequin could also be on the best way: AOOSTAR says it’s going to make use of the identical design for an upcoming mannequin powered by an Intel N100 Alder Lake-N processor.
AOOSTAR hasn’t introduced a launch date or how a lot the brand new system will value. However odds are that this new mannequin shall be nearer in worth to the Athlon 300U model, whereas providing higher single-core efficiency and a lot higher multi-core efficiency. For the reason that N100 can be a extra energy-efficient processor, working prices ought to be barely decrease if you happen to’re operating the system 24/7.
The Ryzen 5 5500U chip does provide considerably higher efficiency than both of the opposite processors, nevertheless it is perhaps overkill if you happen to’re primarily wanting to make use of the pc as a network-attached storage (NAS) machine.
Right here’s a roundup of latest tech information from across the internet.
AOOSTAR mini PC (DIY NAS) with Intel N100 and two 3.5″ drive bays coming quickly [Amazon]
AOOSTAR is planning to launch a brand new model of its mini PC/DIY NAS with help for 2 3.5″ exhausting drives. As a substitute of a Ryzen 5 5500U chip, the brand new model has a 6-15 watt Intel Processor N100 Alder Lake-N chip.
SiFive introduces Efficiency P870 processor core and Intelligence X390 NPU
RISC-V chip designer SiFive says the brand new Efficiency P870 processor core delivers as much as 50% extra single-threaded efficiency than the previous-gen P670 in at the least some duties. It’s a 6-wide out-of-order processor core that may be configured on chips with a cluster of between 4 and 32 cores and paired with the corporate’s new Intelligence X390 neural processing unit (NPU) for hardware-accelerated AI workloads.
Bookworm — the brand new model of Raspberry Pi OS [Raspberry Pi OS]
Raspberry Pi OS “Bookworm” is now out there, primarily based on the newest model of the Debian GNU/Linux working system. Amongst different issues, the brand new OS makes use of Wayland somewhat than X11 for graphics and Pipewire somewhat than ALSA for sound.
Introducing Home windows Terminal Canary [Windows Command Line Blog]
Microsoft introduces Canary channel builds of Home windows Terminal, for testing bleeding edge (and probably unstable) new options earlier than they’re extra extensively out there.
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