Mini Computers — Page 9
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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.