[HH] $8 computer with Linux installed...

[Shankar Viswanathan]

Just saw a ARMv8 64-bit SBC on Kickstarter the other day:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/pine64/pine-a64-first-15-64-bit-single-board-super-comput

Quad-core Cortex A-53 with 1GB RAM for $19. 

Not that I'm complaining (*), but how is anyone making money on this?

-Shankar

(*) Maybe I should be complaining, you know, given what I do for a living!


On Tue, Dec 01, 2015 at 11:27:37AM -0500, Brough Turner wrote:
> Just saw this http://getchip.com/ mentioned on the Battlemesh list,
> although I see it was also on Ars four days ago:
> 
> http://arstechnica.com/business/2015/11/remember-that-9-computer-for-one-day-only-itll-be-8-plus-shipping/
> and apparently on KickStarter at some time in the past.
> 
> CHIP???essentially a cheaper, better Raspberry Pi???runs a 1Ghz R8 ARM
> processor and hums along with 512MB of RAM and 4GB of flash storage. It
> also has a full-sized USB port and a composite video out, so it can work
> with older televisions.
> 
> Fascinating!
> 
> Thanks,
> Brough Turner
> 
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