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echo: rberrypi
to: DENNIS LEE BIEBER
from: THE NATURAL PHILOSOPHER
date: 2018-06-21 10:16:00
subject: Re: Do I need raspberry-p

On 20/06/18 14:54, Dennis Lee Bieber wrote:
> On Wed, 20 Jun 2018 03:08:08 -0700 (PDT), Roger Law 
> declaimed the following:
>
>> ? 2018?6?20???? UTC+8??5:01:53?The Natural Philosopher???
>
>>> I would personally go for a beagle bone here with X86 architecture and a
>>> bit more CPU grunt.
>>>
>>
>> OK, now I got a little clue about what I should do. Thank you for your help.
And I want to know your reason to choose X86 architecture rather than the ARM.
Is it related to the streaming function? Or the web browser?
>
>  Not sure what "beagle bone" was being referenced... BeagleBones are
> single-core 32-bit ARM processors; current production is 512kB RAM
> (SanCloud BB Enhanced is 1GB) at 1GHz. They do, however, have 4GB on-board
> eMMC so do not need an add-on SD card to run. They also have a real
> Ethernet port along with analog I/O (RPi is strictly digital GPIO).
>

I apologise. I had it ion my head that Belale Bones were INTEL.

It apperas that they too are ARM.

I was thinking of something else.


>  The BeagleBoard X15 may be a candidate with dual-core ARM at 1.5GHz,
> 2GB RAM, dual Gigabit Ethernet, multiple USB-3 and eSATA, graphics
> acceleration, and dual DSPs. -- and a cost approaching a high-end tablet or
> a entry-level laptop.
>
>  The UDOO X86 series have Intel processors running upwards of 2GHz and a
> lot more memory.
>
That may be it.

>
>  What is this focus on a web browser -- if I understand this thread, you
> are not running a desktop environment on the unit. You may need to run a
> web SERVER, that other computers connect to with web browser running on
> them (web browsers on an RPi aren't the liveliest things around -- so many
> are memory hogs that running anything complex in a browser on an RPi will
> require swap space, and the delays inherent in page swapping)
>
>
>


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