Adding to the current awesome crop of fully open source devices, Intel has now gone ahead and released its much anticipated $99 Minnowboard Max. The Minnowboard is a tiny single-board computer that runs Linux and Android. The open source computer is powered by a 1.91GHz Atom E3845 processor and the tantalising price tag is clearly expected to be a major crowd puller.
The Minnowboard Max doesn’t directly compete with the Raspberry Pi and doesn’t aspire to do that. The new device will help DIYers/hackers to mess around in x86 architected systems at an affordable price, that is. The Minnowboard Max comes with break-out boards called ‘Lures’ to expand functionality. Also, the graphics chipset comes with open source drivers. Intel aims to resurrect its low-power Atom processor by readily ‘giving it’ to hackers (owing to the meager price), making it relevant once again.
Raspberry Pi on the other hand runs a Broadcomm system-on-chip with a 700Mhz ARM processor. Directed more towards education, Raspberry is perhaps one of the most popular SBCs available.
Specifications:
-Processor — Atom E3800 (Bay Trail-I) with Intel HD 4000 Graphics:
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