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Zhihe A210 Octa-Core RISC-V SoC Arrives RVA23-Compliant With a 12 TOPS NPU
The octa-core Zhihe A210 ships RVA23-compliant with a 12 TOPS NPU and a Debian-ready SDK, landing on a SO-DIMM dev kit starting around $200.
AAEON's UP WCL Puts an Intel Wildcat Lake Chip on a Raspberry Pi-Sized Board
AAEON's UP WCL packs Intel Wildcat Lake silicon onto a Raspberry Pi-sized board, with up to 24GB LPDDR5, 2.5 GbE, and Xe3 graphics already supported in Linux 6.17 and Mesa.
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AMD Ryzen AI Halo Developer Platform Opens for Pre-Order With 128GB of Unified Memory, Linux Included
AMD's Ryzen AI Halo mini PC packs a Ryzen AI Max+ 395, 128GB of unified LPDDR5x at 256GB/s, and 126 TOPS into a 1.2 kg box that runs large local LLMs on Linux.
Orange Pi 6 Packs 12-Core CIX P1 and 24GB RAM Into a 90mm Board
The Orange Pi 6 crams a 12-core CIX P1 SoC, up to 24GB LPDDR5, dual NVMe slots, and 45 TOPS of AI compute into a 90mm board with Ubuntu 26.04 support.
MINIX N304-AI Brings Intel Wildcat Lake to a Compact Dual-Ethernet Mini PC
The MINIX N304-AI is one of the first mini PCs on Intel's Core 3 N304, a Wildcat Lake chip that adds a Performance core to the budget class and already has Linux 6.17 driver support.
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LILYGO's T-Echo Lite Kit Pairs nRF52840 and LoRa With a Keyboard for Off-Grid Mesh
LILYGO's T-Echo Lite Kit brings an nRF52840, SX1262 LoRa radio, e-paper display, and a detachable 5x4 keyboard to off-grid mesh messaging.
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GPD BOX Mini PC Pairs Panther Lake With PCIe 5.0 eGPU Expansion
The GPD BOX mini PC runs Panther Lake on Intel 18A and routes a PCIe 5.0 x8 MCIO link to full external GPUs, plus dual 2.5GbE and USB4 v2.0 at 80Gbps.
M5Stack LLM-8850 Kit Brings a 24 TOPS Axera NPU to the Raspberry Pi 5
M5Stack's LLM-8850 Kit adds a 24 TOPS Axera AX8850 NPU to the Raspberry Pi 5 over PCIe, with open AXCL tooling for running Qwen3, Llama 3.2, and Whisper locally.
Orange Pi Zero 3W Review: Octa-Core A733 in a Pi Zero Footprint
Orange Pi crams an octa-core Allwinner A733 and up to 16GB of LPDDR5 into a Raspberry Pi Zero footprint, with a 10 Gbps USB port and about 4x a Pi Zero 2 W's multi-core grunt.
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Lenovo's Arm-Powered AI Host Mini PC Runs Ubuntu on a 12-Core Cix CD8180
Lenovo's AI Host mini PC runs Ubuntu on the 12-core Arm Cix CD8180, the same chip as the Radxa Orion O6, with 45 TOPS and mainline Linux support underway.
Youyeetoo K1 Puts a Swappable Intel N100 Module on a GPIO-Loaded Carrier Board
The Youyeetoo K1 drops a swappable Intel N100 module onto a carrier board packing dual GbE, 27 GPIO pins, MIPI, and SATA, ready for Linux home labs or OpenWrt routing.
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Juno Tab 4 Lets You Pick Phosh, Plasma Mobile, or GNOME on Intel Hardware
Juno's new x86 Linux tablets ship with a choice of Phosh, Plasma Mobile, or GNOME, and the 13-inch model is the first with an Intel Core Ultra chip.
Minisforum N5 Max Packs Strix Halo Into a 10-Bay AI NAS
Minisforum's N5 Max crams AMD's Strix Halo APU into a 10-bay NAS, pairing 64GB of unified memory and a Radeon 8060S that can run local LLMs too big for consumer GPUs.
SONOFF Basic DIN Rail Adds Matter and Energy Monitoring to a 32A Switch
SONOFF's first compact DIN rail switch speaks Matter over Wi-Fi, handles 32A circuits up to 7,680W, and feeds real-time energy data to the Home Assistant dashboard.
GMK EVO-X3 Mini PC Adds OCuLink and 192GB Memory Option for Linux AI Workloads
GMK's EVO-X3 mini PC adds an OCuLink port, a second M.2 slot, and an upcoming 192GB Ryzen AI Max+ PRO 495 configuration aimed at local AI workloads.
piBrick PocketCM5 Turns the Raspberry Pi CM5 Into an Open-Source Pocket Linux Computer
Maker Ahmad Amarullah's piBrick PocketCM5 packs a Raspberry Pi CM5, AMOLED touchscreen, and BlackBerry QWERTY into a GPL-3.0 open-source handheld Linux kit.
GPD Refreshes MicroPC 2 With Intel Twin Lake N350
GPD's 7-inch convertible pocket workstation gains an Intel Core 3 N350 Twin Lake option, keeping its 2.5GbE jack and HDMI 2.1 for sysadmin and field engineering work.
FriendlyELEC NanoPi M6V2 Refreshes RK3588S SBC With Mic Input
FriendlyELEC's NanoPi M6V2 refreshes the RK3588S board with a fixed 8GB LPDDR5 config, dual analog mic input, and Armbian Platinum support on Linux 6.1.
GL.iNet Mudi 7 Brings 5G, WiFi 7, and OpenWrt to a Pocket Travel Router
GL.iNet's Mudi 7 packs a 5G modem, tri-band WiFi 7, a 2.8-inch touchscreen, and an OpenWrt fork into a 300g pocket router pushing 700 Mbps over OpenVPN-DCO.
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Radxa Dragon Q5E Crams Dragonwing Q-6690, Dual 2.5 GbE, and an RFID Reader Onto a Cubie-Sized Board
Radxa's tiny Dragon Q5E pairs a Snapdragon-class Dragonwing Q-6690 with dual 2.5 GbE, WiFi 7, a 6 TOPS NPU, and an integrated UHF RFID reader.