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Posted on by Jean-Luc Aufranc (CNXSoft) - 2 Comments on GEEKOM Mini IT12 2025 Edition Review – Part 3: Ubuntu 24.04 on an Intel Core i7-1280P mini PC

GEEKOM Mini IT12 2025 Edition Review – Part 3: Ubuntu 24.04 on an Intel Core i7-1280P mini PC

GEEKOM Mini IT12 2025 Edition review performance ubuntu 24.04

We’ve already checked out GEEKOM Mini IT12 2025 Edition mini PC’s hardware with an unboxing and a teardown, and tested the Intel Core i7-1280P mini PC with Windows 11 Pro in detail in the second part of the review. We’ve now had time to test the Mini IT12 2025 Edition mini PC with Ubuntu 24.04, so we’ll report our experience with Linux in the third part of the review. We’ll specifically go through system information, test key features, benchmark the system and compare it against the earlier Mini IT12 “2023 Edition” powered by an Intel Core i7-12650H processor, because checking out storage and USB performance, WiFi 6 and 2.5GbE network performance, stress testing the mini PC, and finally measuring fan noise and power consumption. Ubuntu 24.04 installation We decided to install Ubuntu 24.04 LTS alongside Windows 11 in a dual-boot configuration, so we resized the Windows 11 partition by about […]

Posted on by Jean-Luc Aufranc (CNXSoft) - 1 Comment on PANZER-LITE93 Ubuntu 24.04 Box PC puts FRDM-IMX93 development board into a 3D printed case

PANZER-LITE93 Ubuntu 24.04 Box PC puts FRDM-IMX93 development board into a 3D printed case

PANZER-LITE93

MayQueen Technologies PANZER-LITE93 is an NXP i.MX 93-powered box PC running a customized Ubuntu 24.04 LTS distribution with LXQt desktop environment and NPU libraries to leverage the built-in Arm Ethos-U65 micro NPU. The board itself is not actually anything new, and the company has been quite transparent about it, telling us by email that we’d “immediately recognize that it’s based on the FRDM-IMX93” development board. What they bring here is a 3D printed case, software support which we’ve been told is different than official NXP support, and we’ve been told the main goal was to create a lightweight box PC. PANZER-LITE93 specifications: SoC – NXP i.MX 93 CPU Up to 2x Arm Cortex-A55 up to 1.7 GHz 2x Arm Cortex-M33 up to 250 MHz GPU – PXP 2D GPU with blending/composition, resize, color space conversion NPU – Arm Ethos-U65 NPU @ 1 GHz up to 0.5 TOPS Memory – 640 […]

Posted on by Jean-Luc Aufranc (CNXSoft) - 8 Comments on Ubuntu 25.10 release to mandate RVA23 profile, obsoleting most RISC-V hardware

Ubuntu 25.10 release to mandate RVA23 profile, obsoleting most RISC-V hardware

Orange Pi RV2 No Ubuntu 25.10 26.04

RISC-V is an open architecture standard that provides flexibility, and chip designers can add or remove instructions as they please to match their application requirements. That’s all great until complex software designed to run on multiple platforms is involved. That’s why for Linux and Android support, the RVA (RISC-V Application) profiles were created, so that every RISC-V SoC designed for those systems meets some minimal requirements and shared instructions, to which you would also add more if needed, as long as they don’t break the standard. The RISC-V association ratified the latest RVA23 profile for 64-bit RISC-V in October 2024, which notably mandates support for the vector and hypervisor extensions. OMGUbuntu also reports that Canonical has decided to raise the required RISC-V ISA profile family to RVA23, or more exactly RVA23U64, from RVA20 for the upcoming Ubuntu 25.10 release. In other words, going forward, Ubuntu will only be supported on […]

Posted on by Jean-Luc Aufranc (CNXSoft) - 1 Comment on System76 Meerkat Linux mini PC gets Raptor Lake or Arrow Lake upgrade up to Intel Core Ultra 7 255H processor

System76 Meerkat Linux mini PC gets Raptor Lake or Arrow Lake upgrade up to Intel Core Ultra 7 255H processor

System76 Meerkat Arrow Lake Linux mini PC

System76’s Meerkat Linux mini PC family has been around for many years, and last time we covered it, the company offered it with a choice of Alder Lake processors, and Ubuntu 22.04 or Pop!_OS 22.04 operating systems. The latest iteration of the Meerkat Linux mini PC is now powered by the newest generation Raptor Lake or Arrow Lake processors up to the Intel Core Ultra 7 255H and ships with Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS with built-in encryption, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, or Ubuntu 24.04 LTS distributions. System76 Meerkat “Meer10” specifications: SoC (one or the other) Intel Core 3 100U hexa-core (2P+4E) Raptor Lake processor up to 4.7GHz with 10MB cache, 64EU Intel Graphics @ 1.25 GHz ; PBP: 15W Intel Core Ultra 5 225H 14-core (4P + 8E + 2LPE) Arrow Lake processor up to 4.9 GHz with 18MB cache, Intel Arc 130T GPU (63 TOPS), and Intel AI Boost (13 TOPS); […]

Posted on by Jean-Luc Aufranc (CNXSoft) - 9 Comments on NanoPi R3S LTS dual Gigabit Ethernet router board gains HDMI output and speaker connector

NanoPi R3S LTS dual Gigabit Ethernet router board gains HDMI output and speaker connector

NanoPi R3S LTS

FriendlyELEC NanoPi R3S LTS is an update to the NanoPi R3S low-cost dual gigabit Ethernet router introduced last year, which gains HDMI output, a speaker connector, and a power button. The new model still features a Rockchip RK3566 SoC with up to 2GB RAM, an optional 32GB eMMC flash, a microSD card socket, a MIPI DSI display connector, a USB 3.2 Gen 1 port, and a USB-C port for power and programming, as well as a 3-pin UART header accessible after opening the metal enclosure.   NanoPi R3S-LTS specifications: SoC – Rockchip RK3566 CPU – Quad-core Cortex-A55 processor @ up to 1.8 GHz GPU – Arm Mali-G52 MP2 GPU NPU – 1 TOPS AI accelerator VPU 4Kp60 H.265/H.264/VP9 video decoder 1080p60 H.264/H.265 video encoder System Memory – 1GB or 2 GB LPDDR4/4XX Storage Optional 32GB eMMC flash MicroSD card socket with support for UHS-1 (SDR104) Video Output HDMI 2.0 port […]

Posted on by Debashis Das - No Comments on ADLINK SBC35-MTL – A 3.5-inch Intel Core Ultra SBC with up to 96GB DDR5, SBC-FM I/O expansion

ADLINK SBC35-MTL – A 3.5-inch Intel Core Ultra SBC with up to 96GB DDR5, SBC-FM I/O expansion

ADLINK SBC35 MTL 3.5 Inch SBC

ADLINK SBC35-MTL 3.5-inch SBC for high-performance edge AI applications is built around Intel Core Ultra (Meteor Lake) SoCs with integrated AI Boost NPU, and is designed to run real-time AI applications in a small footprint. The SBC supports up to 96GB DDR5 memory, 4K quad-display output (HDMI, DP, eDP, USB-C), dual 2.5GbE, and MIPI-CSI for AI cameras. Storage options include SATA and NVMe via M.2, with expansion through M.2 B-Key and E-Key. There is also ADLINK’s SBC-FM connector for additional I/O options. Other features include TPM 2.0, USB/serial I/O, wide 12–24V input, and a compact fanless design rated for 0°C to 60°C operation. ADLINK SBC35-MTL specifications: Meteor Lake SoC – Intel Core Ultra with either 15W (MTL-U) or 28W (MTL-H) TDP options 15W (MTL-U) Intel Core Ultra 5 125U 12-core (2P+8E+2LPE) processor @ 1.3 / 4.3 GHz with 12MB cache, Intel 4Xe LPG graphics @ 1.85 GHz, Intel AI Boost […]

Posted on by Debashis Das - 2 Comments on D-Robotics RDK X5 development board features Sunrise X5 octa-core SoC with 10 TOPS BPU for ROS projects

D-Robotics RDK X5 development board features Sunrise X5 octa-core SoC with 10 TOPS BPU for ROS projects

D Robotics RDK X5 AI Developer Kit

The D-Robotics RDK X5 is an upgraded AI development board built around the Sunrise X5 octa-core SoC and designed for more demanding ROS-based applications. Compared to the Sunrise X3-based RDK X3 and Horizon X3 AI development boards, which feature a 4-core CPU and 5 TOPS BPU, the RDK X5 comes with an 8-core Cortex-A55 SoC, a 10 TOPS NPU, and 8GB of RAM, doubling both the AI power and memory for demanding workloads. The board also features various I/O options with Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5.4, CAN FD, and PoE support, whereas the X3 is limited to Wi-Fi 5, Bluetooth 4.2, and optional PoE. The X5 also adds four USB 3.0 ports and 4K 60 FPS video output, making it suitable for complex computer vision, robotics control, and machine learning applications. D-Robotics RDK X5 development board Specifications SoC – Sunrise X5 SoC with 8x Arm Cortex-A55 cores @ 1.5GHz 10 TOPS BPU (Neural Processing […]

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AAEON UP TWL and UP TWLS – Two credit card-sized, wide temperature Twin Lake SBCs

AAEON UP TWLS

AAEON UP TWL and UP TWLS are two new credit card-sized single board computers (SBCs) based on the Intel Twin Lake processor family and operating in a wide -20°C to 70°C temperature range. Both models feature a Gigabit Ethernet port, three USB 3.2 Gen 2 ports, and an HDMI video output. The UP TWL SBC also comes with a 40-pin GPIO header, and the processor is underneath the board. The UP TWLS board has a thinner design once cooling is taken into account, similar to the UP 710S released late last year, with the processor positioned on top of the PCB, wafers for GPIOs and RS232/RS422/RS485, and an M.2 socket for WiFi. UP TWL specifications Twin Lake SoC (one or the other) Intel Processor N150 quad-core processor @ up to 3.6 GHz (Turbo) with 6MB cache, 24EU Intel UHD graphics @ 1.0 GHz; TDP: 6W Intel Processor N250 quad-core processor […]

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