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Measures 95 x 55 x 5mm, to be exact. Can spec a 7th gen Core vPro processor.
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Measures 95 x 55 x 5mm, to be exact. Can spec a 7th gen Core vPro processor.
And, like the Intel compute Stick 2015, WiFi speeds will be abyssmal and the WiFi chipset will continue to be at conflict with the Bluetooth chipset.
<Sarcasm> Oh look, a Kaby Lake powered fridge, just what I needed </sarcasm>
It's like a Raspberry Pi Compute Module that completely misses the point. Well done Intel.
http://arstechnica.co.uk/gadgets/201...n-your-wallet/
I think it is pretty nifty they have managed this,but it does seem more like a solution looking for a problem!!Quote:
Intel hasn't given us specific information about the specs and speeds of its first Compute Cards, but you can expect the fastest ones to approach the performance of high-end fanless laptops like Apple's MacBooks. Intel told us that processors with a TDP of up to 6W could fit inside the Compute Cards, which covers both low-power Atom chips like those that powered early versions of Intel's Compute Stick to full Core M and Y-series Core i5 and i7 CPUs like the ones you find in laptops.
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I wonder if this could be integrated into a keyboard?? :p
but...it looks cool! NAS?...
As for price...
I presume you could plug it into a netbook shell. It still comes down to cost, modularity always costs more.Quote:
Originally Posted by CAT-THE-FIFTH
Tape a screen to one side & a battery to the other and you'll almost have a smartphone
As long as it's duct tapeQuote:
Originally Posted by Xlucine
anyone see this thread? http://hexus.net/tech/news/systems/9...-joining-fray/Quote:
Originally Posted by CAT-THE-FIFTH
For that to take off it needs way more miniaturisation. Could be the problem needing solving.
Gigabit line of sight wireless networking should make wireless VR headsets much easier to make than backpack PCs with enough grunt for decent rendering. Even if you think the backpack PC is the way forward, the problem there is you need a 150W gpu to push enough pixels around.Quote:
Originally Posted by ik9000
In terms of a portable compute module, I already have a phone which can do that role thanks to bluetooth keyboard/mouse and a display over wifi/hdmi.
I could imagine this being quite useful in a corporate environment.. pop it out of the dock at work, take the tiny card home, pop it in your dock there, and you're working at home with the same PC set-up as you use at work. Saves a whole bunch of staff from lugging around a laptop they don't really need.
The likes of Citrix means people can work from home in a corporate environment over the Internet without having to carry *anything*. That doesn't work as well for road warriors who need to carry a screen, so they will need a laptop anyway.Quote:
Originally Posted by mattc
That form factor really looks too similar to a phone, just without the battery and touchscreen.
All I want is a phone with windows and an Intel instruction set where I can run our companies crappy VPN and client software so I can code on my VM from anywhere. That's the dream, no laptop required!
You'd need staff to have a suitable dock at home, which means a large chunk of corporate IT that is kept in employee's homes - I can't see that going down well.Quote:
Originally Posted by mattc