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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.