Intel Compute Stick • Hacker News Board

Re: Intel Compute Stick

#11

Post by lsiebert » Wed, Jan 07, 2015, 1:31 AM UTC

The interesting thing would be if you could stack them and cloud compute.

Re: Intel Compute Stick

#12

Post by tommoor » Wed, Jan 07, 2015, 1:32 AM UTC

lsiebert wrote: post #11

The interesting thing would be if you could stack them and cloud compute.

*cloud compute stick

Re: Intel Compute Stick

#13

Post by mperham » Wed, Jan 07, 2015, 1:33 AM UTC

Such an elegant name.

Re: Intel Compute Stick

#14

Post by hengheng » Wed, Jan 07, 2015, 1:34 AM UTC

Wait, so, an HDMI stick similar to those ARM/Android ones that we've all been using as media centers since 2012?

Re: Intel Compute Stick

#15

Post by mschuster91 » Wed, Jan 07, 2015, 1:35 AM UTC

integraton wrote: post #6

What are the existing products this will compete with?

For the media enthusiasts, likely the Chromecast and I believe Amazon also offers a HDMI stick computer.

Re: Intel Compute Stick

#16

Post by encoderer » Wed, Jan 07, 2015, 1:36 AM UTC

mperham wrote: post #13

Such an elegant name.

I look forward to Windows 8.1 Professional Compute Stick Edition

Re: Intel Compute Stick

#17

Post by brianbreslin » Wed, Jan 07, 2015, 1:39 AM UTC

mschuster91 wrote: post #15

integraton wrote: post #6

What are the existing products this will compete with?

For the media enthusiasts, likely the Chromecast and I believe Amazon also offers a HDMI stick computer.

roku also has one. there was an open source one announced here on HN last week.

Re: Intel Compute Stick

#18

Post by pzxc » Wed, Jan 07, 2015, 1:40 AM UTC

Wow.

I have a feeling this could be a game changer.

I'm more than impressed... I'm stunned.

Re: Intel Compute Stick

#19

Post by pedalpete » Wed, Jan 07, 2015, 1:41 AM UTC

As the power increases beyond Atom processors, I think this will be very compelling.

I'd love to be able to unplug a dongle from my desktop monitor at home, and plug it into a tablet sized device to use on the train, then plug it into my monitor when I get to work, or a hotel rooms tv screen, or the presentation screen in our office conference room, etc. etc.

Re: Intel Compute Stick

#20

Post by briandh » Wed, Jan 07, 2015, 1:42 AM UTC

"TV sticks" of this form factor have been all the rage on AliExpress, DealExtreme, and the like, although their popularity seems to have waned somewhat compared set-top-boxes (I read somewhere that it was due to trouble managing heat while customers demanded more powerful processors, but I don't know). See http://www.google.com/cse?q=tv+stick&sa=&cx=partner-pub-8120... and http://liliputing.com/?s=tv+stick

They've mostly run on ARM and Android, with some hobbyists loading more traditional Linux distros on. Probably the most notable exception that I know of is the following: http://liliputing.com/2014/12/100-bay-trail-pc-stick-can-run...

If this is priced well it will be interesting to see how it impacts that landscape.