MiniPC Show #100 – American-Made Librem lololololol

American-Made Librem 5 Phone Costs $1,999
The three main choices when selecting a new phone are: which OS, which brand, and which model? We just assume the handset will inevitably be manufactured in China. Purism is offering an alternative, though, in the form of a (very expensive) smartphone made in America.
https://www.pcmag.com/news/372399/american-made-librem-5-phone-costs-1-999
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KaiOS
“KaiOS brings smartphone-like functionalities to affordable phones: the KaiStore for apps. Video calls over 4G. Mobile payments through NFC. Even dual-SIM support.
https://www.kaiostech.com/
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PinePhone ?BraveHeart? Limited Edition Linux Smartphone is Now Available for $150
Pinephone is a Linux smartphone powered by an Allwinner A64 processor, and running one of the various Linux mobile distributions such as PostmarketOS or Ubuntu Touch among others.
https://www.cnx-software.com/2019/11/16/buy-pinephone-braveheart-limited-edition-linux-smartphone/
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Huawei Preps Desktop PC Motherboards Featuring Up To 8 Core Kunpeng 920 ARM v8 CPUs
Huawei is seemingly dipping its fingers into another market, this being the desktop PC market with the recent release of its first consumer PC motherboard. This motherboard houses the Kunpeng 920 ARM v8 Processor.
https://wccftech.com/huawei-preps-desktop-pc-motherboards-featuring-up-to-8-core-kunpeng-920-arm-v8-cpus/
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PinePhone smartphone can run desktop Linux apps, also makes phone calls
The PinePhone is a $150 smartphone designed to run free and open source software. For the most part that probably means users will run Linux-based operating systems that have been optimized for mobile devices, like PostmartketOS, Ubuntu Touch, or KDE Plasma Mobile.
https://liliputing.com/2019/11/pinephone-smartphone-can-run-desktop-linux-apps-also-makes-phone-calls.html
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128GB microSD card just as fast as SanDisk is somehow on sale for $14
SanDisk and Samsung are the biggest names in flash storage, and 128GB is the most popular size for both brands. Either one will cost you about $20, which is more than fair for so much storage.
https://bgr.com/2019/11/19/microsd-card-sale-for-black-friday-2019/
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SanDisk 1TB microSD card drops to $300, the lowest it’s ever been
Whether you need a new MicroSD card to store ultra high-quality videos or large files, SanDisk has got you covered with its 1TB Extreme MicroSDXC card. It offers outstanding performance and traditionally sells for $450. However, thanks to a markdown on Amazon, you can now get it for just $300.
https://www.androidpolice.com/2019/11/17/sandisk-1tb-microsd-card-drops-to-300-the-lowest-its-ever-been/
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Arm Supercomputer Captures The Energy Efficiency Crown
When it comes to energy-efficient supercomputing, sometimes less is more. That was illustrated this week by Fujitsu with its A64FX prototype, which captured the top spot on the Green500 list. The machine has no accelerators, network cards, or main memory on the motherboard.
https://www.nextplatform.com/2019/11/22/arm-supercomputer-captures-the-energy-efficiency-crown/
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Lenovo?s Leez Single Board Computer Is Here To Rival Raspberry Pi Boards
Raspberry Pi boards have been the leaders in the single-board computer market, however, a new board from Lenovo?s Leez series might disrupt the Raspberry Pi board sales.
https://fossbytes.com/lenovos-leez-single-board-computer-rival-raspberry-pi/
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Amazon?s cloud unit has designed a more powerful datacenter chip
(Reuters) ? Amazon.com?s cloud computing unit has designed a second, more powerful generation of data center processor chip, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters, the latest sign that the company is pouring money into custom silicon for its fastest-growing business.
https://venturebeat.com/2019/11/28/amazons-cloud-unit-has-designed-a-more-powerful-datacenter-chip/
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– Radxa Wiki
Dear ROCK Pi Community We are very happy to announce the ROCK Pi SATA HAT, a series of SATA expansion targeting at the NAS solution for Raspberry Pi 4 and ROCK Pi 4. The ROCK Pi SATA HATs come in 3 models: For 3.
https://wiki.radxa.com/News/2019/12/introduce-rockpi-sata-hat
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CrowPi- Compact Raspberry Pi Educational Kit
Note: We need to consider Kickstarter’s priority shipments, so this product’s delivery time is July 15th to 31th. Crowpi is an amazing kit to help you learn computer science, programming, electronics, and master Raspberry Pi.
https://www.elecrow.com/crowpi-compact-raspberry-pi-educational-kit.html