Raspberry Pi 4 Gets 8GB RAM, Raspbian 64-Bit (Beta)

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Post by joe_bleau » Thu, May 28, 2020, 11:41 AM UTC

Raspberry Pi 4 Gets 8GB RAM, Raspbian 64-Bit (Beta)
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Post by draugadrotten » Thu, May 28, 2020, 12:05 PM UTC

Previous discussion https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23334345

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Post by laszlokorte » Thu, May 28, 2020, 12:06 PM UTC

I just thought about buying buying a Raspberry 4. I remember that when it was released there have beem some problems with usb4 and with thermal throttling. Is that all solved now?

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Post by gambiting » Thu, May 28, 2020, 12:11 PM UTC

laszlokorte wrote: post #3

I just thought about buying buying a Raspberry 4. I remember that when it was released there have beem some problems with usb4 and with thermal throttling. Is that all solved now?

Usb issues have been resolved, thermal throttling is just a feature that will always happen unless you cool the CPU down, it's not a design issue.

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Post by sdan » Thu, May 28, 2020, 12:13 PM UTC

One thing that would solidify RPIs for anyone is using AMD-based architecture chips rather than ARM.

Obviously there's a power issue (afaik)and several other issues, but ARM support is hard for many projects. I know you can build docker containers for all architectures via qemu/buildx, but for stuff like Longhorn by Rancher for example or even Envoy (I believe) dosn't support ARM for some weird reasons I haven't gone enough into.

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Post by sdan » Thu, May 28, 2020, 12:14 PM UTC

sdan wrote: post #5

One thing that would solidify RPIs for anyone is using AMD-based architecture chips rather than ARM. Obviously there's a power issue (afaik)and several other issues, but ARM support is hard for many projects. I know you can build docker containers for all architectures via qemu/buildx, but for stuff like Longhorn by Rancher for example or even Envoy (I believe) dosn't support ARM for some weird reasons I haven't gone…

Then again, maybe this is a good differentiator between "heavy-duty" apps and hobbyists apps

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Post by lbeltrame » Thu, May 28, 2020, 12:15 PM UTC

laszlokorte wrote: post #3

I just thought about buying buying a Raspberry 4. I remember that when it was released there have beem some problems with usb4 and with thermal throttling. Is that all solved now?

I got a case and a very quiet fan, and I barely notice it's running, with good operational temperatures (38 C).

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Post by SupriseAnxiety » Thu, May 28, 2020, 1:18 PM UTC

I just bought the Pi 4 4Gb a week ago and then this happens. Reeeeee. This is how a micro computer collection starts