First demonstrated at PAX East at the beginning of April, and Intel's Platinum Summit in London last week, NUC is a complete 10x10cm (4x4in) Sandy Bridge Core i3/i5 computer. On the back, there are Thunderbolt, HDMI, and USB 3.0 ports. On the motherboard itself (pictured below) there are two SO-DIMM (laptop) memory slots and two mini PCIe headers. On the flip side of the motherboard (pictured below-below), is a CPU socket that takes most mobile Core i3 and i5 processors, and a heatsink and fan assembly.
The point of the raspberry Pi was to engage children in the UK and other countries in the are of computer science and programming. With the Pi you are very much free to do this. It is inexpensive, costing about £15, which makes it accessible to most, if not all people.
Schools buy it. Youth groups buy it. Individuals buy it and they all love it.
Now all we don't need is a multinational company to come and trash the idea; effectively making it 'too good' and no doubt will charge hundreds for this. Sure, it is good, but there is a reason why the Pi doesn't have all the bells and whistles. If they wanted too I'm sure they could, but they do not.
I have a feeling that this little 10 x 10 unit will take people away from programming and the hardware side of things as no doubt you could chuck windows on it; exactly the opposite (and correct) idea of the Pi. So I don't know why Intel are acting like they've bet them. The Pi is a great community run project and I hope that it stays that way.
Maybe Intel should just focus on doing what they do best; making great processors. Sooner or later they will be trying to enter every new market and it will fail unless they are very, very careful.
Not sure why they try to compare it to a Raspberry Pi.
Different sizes.
Different price brackets.
Different power usage.
Different performance segments.
Different uses.
Only thing they really have in common is that they are small.
Not sure why they try to compare it to a Raspberry Pi.
Different sizes.
Different price brackets.
Different power usage.
Different performance segments.
Different uses.
Only thing they really have in common is that they are small.
I have a feeling that this little 10 x 10 unit will take people away from programming and the hardware side of things as no doubt you could chuck windows on it; exactly the opposite (and correct) idea of the Pi.
Just be careful when you overclock it...otherwise have fun cleaning all the suds and water off the floor.
On topic: @Josh...I'm not sure sure why you went on the attack of Intel here. The Pi has nothing to fear. The people who want it will have it and use it; just like Linux I don't see it being crushed out by the "evil multinational corporation" Intel (otherwise what would they have to run their stock markets?
). So long are there are people that want to tinker around with the inner workings they will either support the Pi and similar or figure things out on their own. I don't see this being a threat for the Pi's mission.
Considering that the BASIC Stamp sets in my 11th grade Digital Electronics class are $250, NUC seems like a bargain. In terms of affordability, if kids can aford $50-$60 video games, I don't see why they can't aford this. Though RPi is only $25, still need a keyboard, monitor, mouse, power, etc.
Considering that the BASIC Stamp sets in my 11th grade Digital Electronics class are $250, NUC seems like a bargain. In terms of affordability, if kids can aford $50-$60 video games, I don't see why they can't aford this. Though RPi is only $25, still need a keyboard, monitor, mouse, power, etc.
Because this new Intel thing comes with a keyboard, monitor, mouse, power, etc.?
Kids can seem to afford $50-$60 for games, but who bought the PC or Console for the Kids? This is just another PC form factor (I hope) which I think will be much better suited to AMD's APU line than anything Intel comes up with.
Considering the pricing on Intel products, I'm curious to see full details about price. For all we know this will just be a mobo with CPU/GPU and you have to add your own HDD and Ram similar to a barebones kit.
Only time will tel, but I hope its as good as they make it out to be, and as cheap.
Because this new Intel thing comes with a keyboard, monitor, mouse, power, etc.?
Kids can seem to afford $50-$60 for games, but who bought the PC or Console for the Kids? This is just another PC form factor (I hope) which I think will be much better suited to AMD's APU line than anything Intel comes up with.
Considering the pricing on Intel products, I'm curious to see full details about price. For all we know this will just be a mobo with CPU/GPU and you have to add your own HDD and Ram similar to a barebones kit.
Only time will tel, but I hope its as good as they make it out to be, and as cheap.
The CPU will be far more relevant than the GPU in four years, so I agree that AMD APUs would be a better match for this if you don't do anything CPU-related.
Since this has a Thunderbolt port, you can simply hook up an external GPU from AMD/Nvidia.
The CPU will be far more relevant than the GPU in four years, so I agree that AMD APUs would be a better match for this if you don't do anything CPU-related.
Since this has a Thunderbolt port, you can simply hook up an external GPU from AMD/Nvidia.
It really seems strange that they would imply that Intel was trying to compete with an organization that runs on the premise of not making money. Does that mean Intel is feeling charitable and wants to make less money?
hmm. small PC, small 2tb external, small keyboard, small display.. but BIG mouse. I'd say this would be a good thing for a bedroom HTPC.
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