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minus-squarehenfredemars@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-24 months agoThis is some really expensive hardware for a processor that’s a couple generations behind in performance. Also, I’m surprised these can be shipped to the US. I thought this tech was sanctioned or something related to it, or perhaps, it might soon be. EDIT: Ah, looks like it’s legal to purchase even as an entry on the US Entity List, but I am not a lawyer.
minus-squareKualk@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoA couple generations don’t mean much anymore. Performance gains have been slow. I’d rather understand where exactly is its performance in comparison to AMD and Intel. Then I can make a call if it is worth it. After all there’s plenty of Raspberry Pi level performance and people are happy with it as long as price is right.
This is some really expensive hardware for a processor that’s a couple generations behind in performance.
Also, I’m surprised these can be shipped to the US. I thought this tech was sanctioned or something related to it, or perhaps, it might soon be.
EDIT: Ah, looks like it’s legal to purchase even as an entry on the US Entity List, but I am not a lawyer.
A couple generations don’t mean much anymore.
Performance gains have been slow.
I’d rather understand where exactly is its performance in comparison to AMD and Intel.
Then I can make a call if it is worth it.
After all there’s plenty of Raspberry Pi level performance and people are happy with it as long as price is right.