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Modos Flow Launches on Crowd Supply — A 13.3-Inch FPGA-Driven Color E-Paper Touchscreen Monitor for $619
Modos launched the Flow on Crowd Supply on May 27, 2026 — a fully open-source 13.3-inch USB-C color e-paper touchscreen monitor with FPGA-driven partial refresh hitting 60 Hz, priced at $619 monochrome and $719 color.
Khadas Mind Graphics 2 Reviewed — An RTX 5060 Ti eGPU That Snaps Onto a Mini PC and Hits High-End Tower Speeds
CNX Software's May 25, 2026 review of the Khadas Mind Graphics 2 confirms a 4-to-6x graphics speed-up over the Mind 2 mini PC's iGPU via a magnetic PCIe 4.0 x8 Mind Link connector.
SpacemiT K3 Pico‑ITX Chassis Kit Hits the Bench — A 16‑Core RISC‑V Mini PC With Real Desktop Ambitions
CNX Software opened its SpacemiT K3 Pico-ITX Chassis Kit review on May 23, 2026 — putting the 16-core RVA23 RISC-V mini PC with 16GB RAM, 10GbE, and Wi-Fi 6E through its first boot.
M5Stack Unveils CardputerZero — A Raspberry Pi CM0 Pocket Linux Lab With a 46‑Key Keyboard and HDMI Out
M5Stack revealed the CardputerZero on May 25, 2026 — the first Cardputer powered by the Raspberry Pi Compute Module Zero, with a 46-key keyboard, HDMI, Fast Ethernet, and Kickstarter pricing from $59.
Flipper One Lands — A Rockchip RK3576 + RP2350 Open-Hardware Arm Linux Multitool With Mainline Kernel, Wi-Fi 6E, and 10GbE Emulation
Flipper Devices officially unveiled the Flipper One on May 21, 2026 — a Rockchip RK3576 portable Arm Linux multi-tool with an RP2350 sidecar, mainline kernel support via Collabora, and a sub-$350 target price.
Espressif's ESP32-S31 Brings Gigabit Ethernet, Wi-Fi 6, and 802.15.4 to a Dual-Core RISC-V Microcontroller
Espressif documented two ESP32-S31 development boards on May 22, 2026 — the most feature-rich ESP32 to date, with dual RISC-V cores, gigabit Ethernet, Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth, and 802.15.4 connectivity.
Seeed Studio's reComputer RK3576 and RK3588 Edge AI Boxes Get One-Click LLM Deployment via AI Lab
Seeed Studio launched the reComputer RK3576 and RK3588 Edge AI computers on May 21, 2026 — Rockchip NPUs, triple display output, and one-click deployment of vision, speech, and local LLM models through the reComputer AI Lab platform.
Hardkernel's ODROID-H5 Lands With 10GbE, Four M.2 Slots, and an Intel Core i3-N300 — A Homelab SBC for $250
Hardkernel introduced the ODROID-H5 on May 20, 2026 — a $250 x86 single-board computer with an eight-core Intel Core i3-N300, a 10GbE RJ45 port, four M.2 PCIe slots, and DDR5 support up to 64GB.
The ONEXStation Mini AI PC Hits Pre-Order — Ryzen AI Max+ 395, 128GB Unified Memory, $2,999
ONEXPLAYER opened pre-orders for the ONEXStation Mini AI PC on May 18, 2026 — Ryzen AI Max+ 395, 128GB LPDDR5x unified memory, and 100B-parameter local AI workload support for $2,999.
Firefly's CSC2-N48SPK3 Lands — A 48-Node RISC-V AI Server With 2,880 TOPS in a Single 2U Chassis
Firefly unveiled the CSC2-N48SPK3 on May 20, 2026 — a dense 2U RISC-V AI server with 48 SpacemiT K3 nodes, 2,880 TOPS of INT4 AI performance, and 48 NVMe SSD slots for up to 768 TB of storage.
Zotac's CM5-PICO Is the Smallest, Most Feature-Dense Raspberry Pi CM5 Mini PC Yet — ISE 2026 Debut
Zotac will unveil the CM5-PICO at ISE 2026 — a 114.8x76x31 mm passively cooled Raspberry Pi CM5 mini PC with dual 4K HDMI, USB-C, NVMe, an NPU slot, and the full HAT header inside an aluminum chassis.
Anthropic Opens Claude's Bluetooth API — Open-Source Desktop Buddy Turns an ESP32 Into a Real AI Desk Pet
Anthropic open-sourced the Claude Desktop Buddy on May 16, 2026 — a Bluetooth Low Energy reference project that turns a $30 ESP32-S3 board into an interactive hardware companion for the Claude desktop app.
ASUS Unveils the ROG NUC 2026 — Core Ultra 9 290HX Plus and an RTX 5080 Laptop GPU in a Compact Gaming Mini PC
ASUS launched the ROG NUC 2026 and ROG NUC 16 2026 gaming mini PCs on May 15, 2026 — pairing the Intel Core Ultra 9 290HX Plus with an NVIDIA RTX 5080 Laptop GPU in a redesigned chassis.
Pi Slate Cyberdeck Lands — A Raspberry Pi 5 Handheld With a Touchscreen, RGB Keyboard, and Modular HATs
Carbon Computers' Pi Slate brings the Raspberry Pi 5 into a compact handheld cyberdeck on May 11, 2026 — a 5-inch touchscreen, backlit keyboard, modular HAT support, and a 10,000 mAh battery.
ONEXPLAYER X2 Mini Goes Global — A Ryzen AI Max+ 395 Handheld With Detachable Controllers and an 8.8-inch OLED
ONEXPLAYER confirmed the X2 Mini for global release on May 13, 2026 — a 3-in-1 handheld powered by AMD's Ryzen AI Max+ 395 with an 8.8-inch 144 Hz OLED and detachable controllers.
SpacemiT's K3 Pico-ITX SBC Goes Official — RVA23-Compliant RISC-V With 60 TOPS for Edge AI Builds
SpacemiT officially launched the K3 Pico-ITX SBC and K3-CoM260 SoM on May 11, 2026 — RVA23-compliant RISC-V boards with up to 60 TOPS of AI performance, 32GB LPDDR5, and 256GB UFS.
Start9 Drops a Fully Open RISC-V Router — SpacemiT K1, StartWRT, and a Crowdfunding Goal Built on Open Source
Start9 unveiled its open-source RISC-V router on May 15, 2026 — built on the SpacemiT K1 with 4GB LPDDR4, WiFi 6, dual GbE, and the new StartWRT OpenWrt fork, with backers starting at $300.
DEEPX Drops the DX-AIPlayer — A 25 TOPS Intel N97 Mini PC Built for Real-Time Vision AI
DEEPX launched the DX-AIPlayer on May 14, 2026 — an ultra-compact edge AI mini PC pairing an Intel N97 SoC with the DX-M1 M.2 AI accelerator for 25 TOPS of vision inference at 1-5 watts.
DC-ROMA RISC-V Mainboard III Brings 60 TOPS of SpacemiT K3 to the Framework Laptop 13
Deep Computing released the DC-ROMA RISC-V Mainboard III on May 13, 2026 — a Framework Laptop 13 swap board with an octa-core SpacemiT K3, up to 60 TOPS sparse AI performance, 32GB RAM, and 1TB NVMe.
Khadas Mind Graphics 2 Brings an RTX 5060 Ti eGPU to the Mind 2 — And Mind xPlay Turns It Into a Laptop
Khadas's new Mind Graphics 2 docks an RTX 5060 Ti 16GB into the Mind 2 mini PC via native PCIe 4.0 x8 Mind Link, while the $399 Mind xPlay portable display converts the same chassis into a clamshell laptop.
MINISFORUM Drops the M2 Mini PC With Intel Panther Lake — Starting at $575 With Core Ultra 7 356H
MINISFORUM's M2 mini PC hit availability May 12, 2026 — an entry-level Panther Lake mini PC built on the Intel Core Ultra 7 356H, with up to 64GB LPDDR5X and dual M.2 SSD support, from $575.
Firefly's AIBOX-K3 Lands May 12 — A $349 RISC-V Edge AI Mini PC Running 30B Local LLMs at 60 TOPS
Firefly launched the AIBOX-K3 Edge AI mini PC on May 12, 2026 — a fanless desktop chassis pairing the SpacemiT K3 octa-core RISC-V SoC with 60 TOPS of AI compute, starting at $349.
Boardcon's PICOT536 SoM and EMT536 SBC Bring 2 TOPS Allwinner T536 Edge AI to Industrial Builds
Boardcon launched the PICOT536 system-on-module and EMT536 SBC on May 4, 2026, pairing the Allwinner T536 edge AI processor with up to 8GB LPDDR4X for industrial HMI and machine vision.
Banana Pi BPI-SM10 Ships May 11 — A 60 TOPS RISC-V SBC That Runs 30B Local LLMs
Banana Pi's BPI-SM10 RISC-V SBC ships globally May 11, 2026 with the SpacemiT K3 chip, 60 TOPS of AI compute, and the headroom to run 30-billion parameter LLMs on-device.
AAEON's NIKY-2215-NX Brings 100 TOPS Jetson Orin NX to a 21.5-Inch AI Touch Panel PC
AAEON announced the NIKY-2215-NX on May 8, 2026 — a 21.5-inch Full HD AI touch panel PC powered by NVIDIA Jetson Orin NX with up to 100 TOPS for industrial HMI and machine vision.
DFRobot's 6.67-Inch Flexible AMOLED Display Brings Bendable Screens to Raspberry Pi
DFRobot's new 6.67-inch flexible AMOLED display, announced May 8, 2026, brings 2400×1080 bendable screens to Raspberry Pi, LattePanda, and any HDMI-capable SBC for $199.
Arbor's ARES-2100 Fanless Box PC Packs 40 TOPS of Wildcat Lake Edge AI in 1U
Arbor's ARES-2100 fanless industrial box PC, announced May 8, 2026, brings 40 TOPS of combined Intel Wildcat Lake edge AI to machine vision and automation in a mil-spec 1U chassis.
Khadas Mind 2 + Mind Graphics 2 + Mind xPlay: A Stackable Modular Mini PC for Builders
Khadas's Mind 2 mini PC pairs an Intel Core 7 155H with a magnetic Mind Graphics 2 GPU dock and the new Mind xPlay portable display — modular compute you can carry, dock, or expand for $1,099.
Toradex Zinnia IoT Gateway Brings Verdin SoMs and 5G to Industrial Edge Deployments
Toradex announced the Zinnia Linux IoT gateway on May 6, 2026 — a Verdin SoM-based industrial edge platform with dual Gigabit Ethernet, optional 5G, and Torizon OS, targeting smart cities, energy infrastructure, and edge AI.
Renesas RZ/V2H Robotics Dev Kit Packs 80 TOPS of Edge AI on a Single Pi-Style Board
Renesas launched its RZ/V2H Robotics Development Kit on May 5, 2026 — combining quad Cortex-A55 cores, dual real-time R8 cores, and an 80 TOPS DRP-AI3 accelerator on a single Raspberry Pi-style board for autonomous robotics.
Boardcon's PICOT536 SoM and EMT536 SBC Bring 2 TOPS Edge AI to the Allwinner T536
Boardcon launched the PICOT536 system-on-module and matching EMT536 single board computer on May 4, 2026 — pairing the Allwinner T536's quad-core Cortex-A55, RISC-V coprocessors, and a 2 TOPS NPU for industrial HMI, machine vision, and edge AI builds.
Banana Pi BPI-OM7 Pairs an RK3588 SBC With an ORBBEC 3D Camera for Edge AI Vision
Banana Pi unveiled the BPI-OM7 on May 3, 2026 — an integrated 3D vision computing kit that pairs the low-profile RK3588 BPI-M7 single board computer with an ORBBEC Gemini 2 depth camera for robotics, edge AI, and spatial perception builds.
Forlinx UP4 Packs Five Different SoCs Into a 40×40 mm Pin-Compatible System-on-Module
Forlinx Embedded launched the UP4 system-on-module family on April 30, 2026 — five processor variants from NXP, Rockchip, and Allwinner sharing a 40×40 mm pin-compatible footprint for industrial AI and edge computing.
Boardcon EM3326S Brings a $25-Class Cortex-A35 SBC to Smart Audio Builds
Boardcon Embedded launched the EM3326S on April 29, 2026 — a 110×85 mm Rockchip RK3326-S quad-core Cortex-A35 single board computer engineered specifically for cost-sensitive smart audio devices, edge HMI, and industrial gateways.
M5Stack's Cardputer Mesh Kit Turns a Card-Sized Computer Into an Off-Grid Meshtastic Terminal
M5Stack launched the $48 Cardputer Mesh Kit on April 30, 2026 — a pocket-sized ESP32-S3 communication terminal with LoRa, GNSS, and Meshtastic support designed for off-grid messaging and GPS tracking.
Banana Pi's BPI-SM10 Brings 60 TOPS RISC-V AI to a Tiny SBC That Runs 30B Local LLMs
Banana Pi launched the BPI-SM10 developer kit and a K3 Pico-ITX SBC on April 24, 2026 — a SpacemiT K3 RISC-V platform with 60 TOPS, up to 32GB LPDDR5, and on-device 30B-parameter LLM inference.
The ESP32-C5 Mini Squeezes Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth, and 14 GPIOs Into a USB-C Stick
A new ESP32-C5 Mini development board lands April 28, 2026 with dual-band Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5 LE, an 802.15.4 radio for Thread and Matter, and 14 GPIOs in a tiny USB-C form factor.
The Raspberry Pi CM0 Finally Reaches Hobbyists — $33 on AliExpress With eMMC and Wi-Fi
Raspberry Pi's tiny RP3A0-powered Compute Module Zero is now sold by multiple resellers on AliExpress for $33 and up — opening the China-only SoM to global maker projects.
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 'Resolute Raccoon' Lands With Linux 7.0 and a Dedicated Raspberry Pi 5 Image
Canonical's Ubuntu 26.04 LTS ships with the brand-new Linux 7.0 kernel, native CUDA and ROCm support, full RISC-V RVA23 profile, and a dedicated Raspberry Pi 5 image.
Axiomtek's PICO570 Brings Intel Meteor Lake and an 11 TOPS NPU to a 100mm Edge AI SBC
Axiomtek's new PICO570 packs Intel Core Ultra Meteor Lake-U, an 11 TOPS NPU, DDR5-5600 memory, and HDMI 2.1 4K@120Hz output into a Pico-ITX edge AI single board computer.
AAEON's 30mm-Thin BOXER-6407-TWL Puts Fanless Edge AI Into the Tightest Industrial Spaces
AAEON's BOXER-6407-TWL packs Intel Twin Lake, three M.2 slots, and 5G connectivity into a 30mm-thin fanless chassis purpose-built for edge AI and smart manufacturing.
AMD Ryzen 9 Home Lab AI: Geekom Mini PC AI A7 MAX Drops to an All-Time Low of $639
Geekom's AI A7 MAX packs AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS in a 4×4-inch chassis with 16GB DDR5, now at $639 — making local AI inferencing accessible for home lab builders.
Orange Pi Zero 3W: 16GB RAM and PCIe 3.0 in a Raspberry Pi Zero Footprint
The Orange Pi Zero 3W packs an Allwinner A733 octa-core SoC, up to 16GB LPDDR5, PCIe 3.0, 3 TOPS AI, and WiFi 6 into a 65×32mm board — reviewed April 15, 2026.
Pironman 5 Pro Max: Raspberry Pi 5 Tower PC With Touchscreen and Hailo AI
SunFounder's Pironman 5 Pro Max packs a 4.3-inch touchscreen, dual NVMe RAID, Hailo-8L AI slot, camera, and speakers into a $145 Raspberry Pi 5 tower case — reviewed April 18.
Raspberry Pi OS April 2026 Update Hardens Default Security for Makers
Raspberry Pi OS April 2026 update disables passwordless sudo by default on new installs, raising the security baseline for makers, IoT developers, and anyone deploying Pi hardware in production.
Waveshare PocketTerm35: Full-Keyboard Linux Terminal Powered by Raspberry Pi 4/5
Waveshare's PocketTerm35 fits Raspberry Pi 4 or 5 into a palm-sized terminal with a 67-key keyboard, 3.5-inch touchscreen, gaming controls, and a 5,000 mAh battery pack.
Boardcon Tiny1126B Squeezes AI Vision Into a 34×30mm System-on-Module
Boardcon's new Tiny1126B shrinks its Rockchip RV1126B AI vision module to 34×30mm while adding USB 3.0 and more I/Os — targeting smart cameras, robots, and compact edge AI deployments.
Orange Pi Zero 3W Packs WiFi 6 and a 3 TOPS AI Engine Into a Raspberry Pi Zero Footprint
The Orange Pi Zero 3W measures just 65×30mm but delivers an octa-core Allwinner A733, 3 TOPS NPU, WiFi 6, and up to 16GB LPDDR5 — serious compute in a tiny single-board computer package.
Orange Pi AI Station: 176 TOPS of Edge AI in a Mini PC With Up to 96GB RAM
Orange Pi's AI Station packs 176 TOPS of AI computing power and up to 96GB unified RAM into compact form, outperforming Raspberry Pi 5 for serious edge AI inference workloads.
Apple Is Testing Four AI Smart Glasses Designs Ahead of 2027 Launch
Bloomberg reports Apple is testing four frame styles in premium acetate with oval cameras — bringing AI-on-device smart glasses to market in late 2026 or early 2027.
AAEON Intelli TWL01 Edge: Dual 4K Industrial Mini PC on Intel's Twin Lake Platform
AAEON's fanless Intelli TWL01 Edge packs Intel Twin Lake N-series into a 152mm chassis with dual 4K HDMI, wide 9–36V input, and DIN rail mounting for demanding industrial deployments.
AceMagic Retro X5 Review: An NES Shell Hiding a Copilot+ Powerhouse
The AceMagic Retro X5 puts AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 and 55 TOPS of AI performance inside a retro NES-styled shell — and it benchmarks remarkably well.
Raspberry Pi AI HAT+ 2 Opens the Door to Generative AI at the Maker Workbench
The Raspberry Pi AI HAT+ 2 packs 40 TOPS of on-device AI acceleration into the Pi 5 ecosystem, enabling local LLMs, vision models, and generative micro-apps.
Intel 'Wildcat Lake' Arrives in Production: Advantech Ships the First SBC on the New Platform
The Advantech MIO-5356 debuts as the first production SBC on Intel's 'Wildcat Lake' platform, with DDR5, 2.5GbE TSN, and triple-display support.
Sipeed T256s Brings AI Super-Resolution Thermal Imaging to the Maker Workbench
The Sipeed T256s is a pocket USB thermal camera with a 256x192 LWIR sensor and built-in AI super-resolution scaling to 640x480 — professional-grade thermal imaging at a hobbyist price point.
Radxa Taco V1.61 Turns the Raspberry Pi CM5 Into a Five-Drive NAS for Around $65
Radxa's updated Taco V1.61 carrier board for the Raspberry Pi Compute Module 5 packs five SATA ports, dual Ethernet, NVMe, and RAID support into a 114×85mm footprint.
Velxio Lets You Simulate Raspberry Pi, Arduino, and ESP32 Boards in Your Browser
Velxio is a self-hostable, open-source board emulator supporting 19 real boards across five CPU architectures — no hardware required, runs fully in-browser via Docker.
Milk-V Jupiter 2 Is the World's First RVA23-Compliant RISC-V SBC With 60 TOPS AI Acceleration
Milk-V's Jupiter 2 opens pre-orders with RVA23 compliance, a SpacemiT K3 octa-core RISC-V CPU, 60 TOPS on-chip AI acceleration, 10GbE, and up to 32GB LPDDR5 from $199.
MSI's MS-CF19 Is a Fanless 3.5-Inch Industrial SBC With Intel Core Ultra and 96GB DDR5
MSI's new MS-CF19 industrial single-board computer packs Intel Core Ultra 100U/200U chips, up to 96GB DDR5 via dual SODIMM, and a fully fanless design into a compact 3.5-inch form factor.
Sentinel Core Puts a PCIe x16 Slot on Your Raspberry Pi CM5
Sanctuary Systems launched the Sentinel Core on Crowd Supply — a $129 open-hardware mini-ITX carrier board that gives the CM5 a full-size PCIe x16 expansion slot.
Orange Pi AI Station Brings 176 TOPS and 96GB RAM to the DIY AI Workbench
Orange Pi's new AI Station packs a Huawei Ascend 310 SoC with 176 TOPS of AI performance and up to 96GB LPDDR4X RAM into a maker-friendly mini PC.
Asus NUC 16 Pro Goes on Sale — the First Intel Panther Lake Mini PC Available to Buy
The Asus NUC 16 Pro hits shelves with Intel's new Panther Lake Core Ultra processors, starting at $999 — a powerful compact desktop with an Intel Arc B390 GPU in the high-end config.
LILYGO T-Display-P4 Packs GPS, LoRaWAN, and Ethernet Into a Smartphone-Style ESP32 Dev Board
LILYGO's new T-Display-P4 combines the ESP32-P4 RISC-V chip with GPS, LoRa radio, Wi-Fi 6, Ethernet, and a crisp 4-inch touch display in a hacker-friendly handheld launching today.
Sipeed's llmdev.guide Benchmarks Every Mini PC for Local AI Performance
Sipeed launched an interactive hardware comparison tool on March 30 that visualizes tokens-per-second benchmarks across dozens of mini PCs, SBCs, and GPUs for local LLM deployment.
M5Stack Stamp-P4 Is a $12.95 RISC-V AI Board Smaller Than a Postage Stamp
M5Stack's Stamp-P4 squeezes an ESP32-P4 RISC-V processor, 32MB PSRAM, MIPI camera and display interfaces, and 44 GPIOs into a 30x22mm board for just $12.95.
Luckfox Lume Is a $21 Industrial SBC With Dual Gigabit Ethernet and RISC-V
The Luckfox Lume combines dual Gigabit Ethernet, a 40-pin GPIO header, and hybrid Arm/RISC-V silicon into a compact industrial SBC for just $20.99.
picoZ80 Gives Vintage Z80 Machines a Raspberry Pi RP2350B Brain
The picoZ80 is a cycle-accurate, DIP-40 Z80 replacement built on Raspberry Pi RP2350B — giving classic vintage computers Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and modern compute for free.
ESP32-P4-Pi-VIEWE Brings Raspberry Pi's 40-Pin GPIO to a 400 MHz RISC-V Board
The ESP32-P4-Pi-VIEWE combines a 400 MHz dual-core RISC-V microcontroller and Wi-Fi 6 with a Raspberry Pi-compatible 40-pin GPIO header for next-generation maker projects.
Alibaba's XuanTie C950 Sets a RISC-V World Record and Runs AI Agents Natively
Alibaba DAMO Academy's XuanTie C950 5nm RISC-V processor hits 3.2GHz and sets a new benchmark record, becoming the first RISC-V chip to natively support 100B-parameter AI models.
Hugging Face's Reachy Mini Is a $299 Open-Source AI Robot Powered by Raspberry Pi CM4
Hugging Face's Reachy Mini desktop robot brings open-source AI interaction to makers for $299–$449, with the wireless version running on a Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4.
Clintech Pico Unlocks All 48 GPIOs on Raspberry Pi's RP2354B for Just $20
Clintech's $20 Pico-compatible board is the first to use the RP2354B chip variant, exposing all 48 GPIO pins alongside dual ARM and RISC-V cores for embedded developers.
Espressif Announces ESP32-S31: Its Most Powerful Wireless MCU Yet
Espressif unveils the ESP32-S31, a dual-core RISC-V MCU with Gigabit Ethernet, Wi-Fi, BT, Zigbee, Thread, Matter, USB 2.0 High Speed, and MIPI-CSI camera.
Ryzen AI Max+ 395 Mini PCs With 128GB RAM Flood the Market
At least nine Ryzen AI Max+ 395 mini PCs with 128GB unified memory are now shipping, bringing desktop AI workstation power to compact form factors from $2,399.
Arctic Senza AI 370: A Completely Fanless Mini PC That Mounts Under Your Desk
Arctic releases the Senza AI 370, a fanless mini PC with Ryzen AI 9 HX 370, 32GB LPDDR5X, Radeon 890M, and a radiator-style chassis that claims 50C under gaming load.
Radxa AICore DX-M1M Delivers 25 TOPS of Edge AI in an M.2 Module That Sips Just 3 Watts
Radxa and DEEPX release a tiny M.2 2242 AI accelerator with 25 TOPS INT8 performance at 3W, compatible with Raspberry Pi 5 and x86 hosts, starting at $85.
DRAM Surge Pushes Raspberry Pi and Mini PC Prices to Parity — Used Hardware Becomes 2026's Best Homelab Strategy
A 171% DRAM price spike erases the Pi's cost advantage over Intel N100 mini PCs, with Jeff Geerling and homelab experts recommending used corporate hardware as the smart play.
NVIDIA Open-Sources Cosmos World Models and Isaac GR00T N1 — Giving Robotics Developers a Free Physics Engine for AI
The Cosmos world foundation models and GR00T N1 humanoid robot model are now available on GitHub, enabling simulation-to-reality robotics development on Jetson edge hardware.
NVIDIA IGX Thor Hits General Availability — Bringing Real-Time Physical AI to Factory Floors and Industrial Edge
The industrial-grade edge AI platform delivers high-speed sensor processing with enterprise reliability and functional safety certifications for manufacturing and robotics deployments.
Arduino Turns 21 With the Ventuno Q — A Dual-Brain SBC That Pairs Qualcomm AI With STM32 Motor Control for Robotics
Arduino's birthday board combines a Qualcomm Dragonwing IQ8 running 40 TOPS of AI inference with a dedicated STM32H5 microcontroller for real-time actuation in a single platform.
Orange Pi's AI Station Packs a Huawei Ascend 310 With 96GB RAM and 176 TOPS Into a Single Board Computer
The Orange Pi AI Station pairs 10 dedicated AI cores with 16 CPU cores, up to 96GB LPDDR4X, and 256GB eMMC — delivering data-center-class AI inference on a 130mm board.
Sapphire's Strix Halo Mini PC Packs a Ryzen AI Max+ 395 With 128GB RAM and RTX 4070-Class Graphics Into a Tiny Box
Demoed at Embedded World 2026, the Sapphire Edge AI Max+ 395 runs 16 Zen 5 cores at 5.1 GHz, a Radeon 8060S iGPU, and can link two units via USB-C for pooled LLM inference.
FriendlyELEC's NanoPi NEO3 Plus Packs Gigabit Ethernet and USB 3.0 Into a 48mm SBC for Just $24
The new NEO3 Plus upgrades to a Rockchip RK3528A at 2.0 GHz, adds eMMC support and RTC battery, and runs Debian 13, Ubuntu 24.04, and Proxmox VE out of the box.
ASUS Launches the NUC 16 Pro — An Intel Panther Lake Mini PC With 180 Platform TOPS in a 0.7-Liter Chassis
The latest NUC packs Intel Core Ultra 9 Series 3 with Arc B390 graphics, a 50 TOPS NPU, WiFi 7, and dual 2.5G LAN into a chassis smaller than a coffee mug.
Waveshare's IPCBOX-CM5 Turns a Raspberry Pi Compute Module 5 Into a Rugged Industrial Mini PC
This industrial-grade enclosure adds RS485, RS232, CAN Bus, dual Ethernet, NVMe, and optional 5G cellular to the CM5 — targeting factory floors and edge deployments.
Orange Pi's AI Station Packs 176 TOPS of Edge AI Power Into a Single Board With Up to 96GB RAM
Built around a Huawei Ascend 310 SoC with 10 AI cores, the Orange Pi AI Station delivers over 13x the AI performance of a Raspberry Pi 5 with Hailo — on a single board.
The Pironman 5 Pro Max Transforms a Raspberry Pi 5 Into a Full Tower PC With a Touchscreen, Camera, and AI Accelerator Slot
SunFounder's $146 enclosure adds a 4.3-inch touchscreen, 5MP camera, dual speakers, dual NVMe RAID slots, and Hailo AI accelerator support to the Raspberry Pi 5.
Raspberry Pi Prices Are Closing In on Mini PCs as the Global DRAM Shortage Squeezes the Market
A worldwide memory shortage is pushing Raspberry Pi kit prices uncomfortably close to budget mini PCs, forcing hobbyists to rethink their build strategies.
The Morefine Nexus N1 Is a Compact NAS That Doubles as an AI Workstation — Complete With a Desktop GPU Slot
Morefine's Nexus N1 pairs an AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 8845HS with four hot-swap drive bays, triple NVMe, and a full-length PCIe x16 slot for desktop GPUs.
Waveshare Launches the IPCBOX-CM5 — A Rugged Industrial Computer Built Around the Raspberry Pi CM5
The IPCBOX-CM5 packs RS485, RS232, CAN Bus, dual Ethernet, and an M.2 slot into a palm-sized aluminum enclosure starting at just $100.
Flip-Screen Mini PCs Are Here — AYANEO's AM01S Leads a Charming New Hardware Category
A wave of mini PCs with built-in flip-up touchscreens is redefining what a desktop computer can look like in 2026, blending retro aesthetics with modern AI silicon.
FriendlyELEC Launches the NanoPi NEO3 Plus — A Tiny Headless SBC With Gigabit Ethernet and USB 3.2
The NanoPi NEO3 Plus packs a Rockchip RK3528A quad-core SoC, Gigabit Ethernet, USB 3.2, and 26-pin GPIO into a palm-sized board running mainline Linux.
Beelink's SER10 MAX Ships With AMD's Ryzen AI 9 HX 470 — Bringing Serious AI Compute to Your Desk
The Beelink SER10 MAX pairs AMD's latest Ryzen AI 9 HX 470 processor with a compact desktop form factor, targeting local AI inference and creative workloads.
A Maker Built a Stunning 1970s Terminal Replica With a Raspberry Pi and a 3D Printer
David Green's ADM-3A terminal replica pairs a 3D-printed vintage enclosure with a Raspberry Pi 3 to recreate the dawn of interactive computing for under $100.
This Arduino and Raspberry Pi Duo Powers a Two-Factor Entry System for a Community Hackerspace
A maker built a reliable two-factor access control system pairing an Arduino Nano for hardware control with a Raspberry Pi authentication backend.
Jeff Geerling Builds a Working Macintosh for $20 Using a Raspberry Pi Pico
A Raspberry Pi Pico running Pico Micro Mac firmware delivers 63% more RAM than the original 128K Macintosh — all for about twenty dollars in parts.
Lenovo Unveils the ThinkEdge SE60n Gen 2 — A Fanless Edge AI Computer With 97 TOPS of Intel Arrow Lake Power
Lenovo's new fanless ThinkEdge SE60n Gen 2 packs Intel's Core Ultra 7 265H with 97 TOPS of AI compute into a compact industrial form factor launching April 2026.
Rockchip RK3588 and RK3576 Video Decoders Land in Mainline Linux — A Milestone for SBC Media
Collabora merges H.264 and H.265 hardware video decoding for Rockchip's top SoCs into the upstream Linux kernel, benefiting dozens of popular boards.
An Nvidia GPU Now Runs AI Inference on a Raspberry Pi 5 at 121 Tokens Per Second
Community patches enable Nvidia GPU compute on the Pi 5 via PCIe, running a 3B language model at 121 tok/s with llama.cpp and Vulkan acceleration.
The Khadas Mind Pro Is the First Panther Lake Mini PC — And Its iGPU Rivals an RTX 3060
Khadas opens pre-orders for the pocket-sized Mind Pro featuring Intel's Core Ultra X7 358H with Arc B390 graphics benchmarking at RTX 3060 laptop levels.
Microsoft Taps ASUS and Dell for Purpose-Built Windows 365 Cloud PC Mini PCs
The 0.7-liter ASUS NUC 16 and fanless Dell Pro Desktop ship with Windows CPC, booting directly into a cloud desktop experience for enterprise use.
The EXAVIZ Cruiser Turns a Raspberry Pi CM5 Into a 9-Port PoE Networking Powerhouse
This $139 mini-ITX carrier board for the Raspberry Pi CM5 packs nine Ethernet ports, dual SATA, NVMe, and Zigbee for serious homelab builds.
Minix Unveils Six New Mini PCs With Up to 180 TOPS of AI Compute
From 36-watt office boxes to 180 TOPS AI workstations, Minix’s 2026 mini PC lineup spans every tier of the local AI computing spectrum.
AMD Strix Halo Mini PCs Are Here — And They Can Run 120-Billion-Parameter AI Models Locally
A wave of AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395 mini PCs is shipping with 128GB unified memory, bringing serious local AI inference to a box on your desk.
The PocketBeagle 2 Industrial Packs 1GB RAM and 64GB eMMC Into a Rugged $50 SBC
BeagleBoard releases the PocketBeagle 2 Industrial single board computer with 1GB DDR4 RAM, 64GB eMMC, and industrial-grade temperature rating in a 12.7-gram form factor for $50.
The $25 Olimex ESP32-P4-PC Is Now Shipping — A RISC-V Board With HDMI, Ethernet, and 4 USB Ports
Olimex ships the ESP32-P4-PC open-source RISC-V single board computer with HDMI output, Ethernet, four USB ports, and camera support for under $25.
The DshanPi-A1 Is a $70 AI Education Board With a Rare HDMI Input Port
This Rockchip RK3576-powered SBC packs a 6 TOPS NPU, dual cameras, and both HDMI input and output — perfect for computer vision projects.
This Finnish Startup Burned Llama 3.1 Directly Into Silicon — And It Runs at 17,000 Tokens Per Second
Taalas HC1 eliminates the memory bottleneck entirely by hardwiring an LLM into the chip itself, achieving 10x the speed of an NVIDIA H100.