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The Raspberry Pi has proved itself to exist a versatile fiddling computer, and y'all can get them for pocket change. It's a bit light on power, though. Now, Gigabyte is preparing to launch a similar device chosen the GA-SBCAP3350. Yeah, it really needs a better proper name, only this slightly larger micro-computer offers more power and modularity than the Raspberry Pi.

The GA-SBCAP3350 measures 146 ten 102mm, which is nearly twice the size of the Raspberry Pi at 85 x 56mm. Gigabyte's board looks more similar a PC motherboard, and in some ways it works like one. It is still much smaller than even mini-ITX grade factor boards, which measure 170 x 170mm. Gigabyte built this lath with a Copper PCB pattern and a large aluminum heat spreader on the underside. This will allegedly allow for better thermal performance and longer life.

This board doesn't actually come with everything you lot need built in, which some might consider an advantage. You tin can add together your own RAM to the board thanks to the single DDR3L SO-DIMM slot (it can handle up to 8GB). At that place'south also a mini PCIe slot for plugging in an mSATA SSD drive. Next to that is a 2d slot to accommodate a one-half-length Wi-Fi card. There are two standard SATA connectors besides.

At the center of Gigabyte'southward mini computer is an Intel Celeron N3350 CPU (Apollo Lake family unit), which is a dual-core chip clocked to 1.1GHz with turbo heave upward to 2.4GHz. This is not exactly a blazing fast GPU by mainstream reckoner standards, only the Raspberry Pi 3 is much more small with its Broadcom quad-cadre ARM chip. The x86 architecture on the GA-SBCAP3350 allows you to run more powerful software and operating systems. The CPU is soldered to the board, so information technology's the one thing you tin can't upgrade.

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The GA-SBCAP3350 comes with a ton of I/O ports also. You've got 2 USB 3.0 plugs on the dorsum, plus iv more USB 2.0 connections available via pin headers on the board. There are dual gigabit Ethernet ports. For video, you lot go both VGA and HDMI, and the HDMI can do 4K resolution at 30Hz.

So, the GA-SBCAP3350 is sort of in between the Raspberry Pi and a "full" PC motherboard. Gigabyte seems poised to market this board to businesses, but anyone interested in edifice a tiny PC might be interested. We don't yet know the cost or launch appointment, the latter of which will probably decide how pop this device is with hobbyist tinkerers.