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There have been a few popular submissions using multiple Pis in clusters recently, really the only reason not to use CMs there js the complexity of the (limited) IO that is needed, and the CM development board (for each one) dominates the cost and would be motr expensive than Model Bs.
My first thought was "can you boot from a PCIe SSD?" (looks like the answer is "no" from what I see). I wish there was a RPi with 16GB or 32GB of storage soldered to the board. Where I work we're using Raspberry Pi devices for industrial use and corruption of/wearing out the microSD card has been something we've wondered about. We could just buy premium microSD cards but having a "proper" SSD soldered to the board wo…
Please add m.2 lte and 5g modules with sim slot. They make good for IOT projects. I have seen people doing projects. Two vendors are quectel and Sierra wireless based off Qualcomm radios.
It's a shame there isn't something between the Model B and the Compute Module, like the CM but with a built-in PCIe header say. There have been a few popular submissions using multiple Pis in clusters recently, really the only reason not to use CMs there js the complexity of the (limited) IO that is needed, and the CM development board (for each one) dominates the cost and would be motr expensive than Model Bs.
My first thought was "can you boot from a PCIe SSD?" (looks like the answer is "no" from what I see). I wish there was a RPi with 16GB or 32GB of storage soldered to the board. Where I work we're using Raspberry Pi devices for industrial use and corruption of/wearing out the microSD card has been something we've wondered about. We could just buy premium microSD cards but having a "proper" SSD soldered to the board wo…
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> On-board graphics, audio and NICs usually are shitty anyway. Onboard graphics, audio and NICs are perfectly functional and more than enough for most people. Both in work environments and at homes. They've not been in a shitty category for years now. They won't break any records, but they will display websites at high resolution, play clear music, and provide more bandwidth than the link to the internet can handle.…
> play clear music Then why are there so many audio hats, let alone USB audio dongles used even in the RaspberryPi world?
IMHO PCIe (and SDRAM) should be the only interface exposed by a modern CPU. On-board graphics, audio and NICs usually are shitty anyway. SATA is not relevant any more - we better plug an NVMe SSD into PCIe (or get a controller if actually needed). Full USB-C (or ongoing USB-4) means Thunderbolt which is PCIe. Why waste silicon on anything but PCIe then?
Please add m.2 lte and 5g modules with sim slot. They make good for IOT projects. I have seen people doing projects. Two vendors are quectel and Sierra wireless based off Qualcomm radios.
Those need m.2 B key slots which are not compatible with m.2 M key NVMe disks. This is why I'm not crazy about the m.2 "standard".
what??? I _did not know_ PCI-E was exposed! I literally just had another discussion on HN a few weeks back when someone posted a 3d printed PI Cluster, and everyone lamented how lame storage latency was on a PI. I guess we're all pretty ignorant of the current offerings!