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June 23, 2026June 26, 2026 by Jean-Luc Aufranc (CNXSoft) - No Comments

The Best GEEKOM Mini PCs to Buy During the Prime Day 2026 Sale (Sponsored)

GEEKOM has just launched its Prime Day 2026 sale with up to 30% off the entire GEEKOM mini PC lineup, from everyday computing solutions to high-performance mini PCs. We’ve selected three models that are especially worth a look at. GEEKOM A5 Pro The GEEKOM A5 Pro is a mid-range mini PC powered by an AMD Ryzen 5 7430U processor paired with 16GB of RAM and a 512 GB NVMe SSD. It offers four display interfaces through two HDMI 2.0 video outputs and two USB-C ports with DisplayPort Alt Mode, a 3.5mm headphone jack, 2.5GbE and WiFi 6 networking, a full-size SD card reader, and a range of USB 3.2/2.0 ports. We’ve previously reviewed the model with an AMD Ryzen 5 7530U CPU running Windows 11 Pro and Ubuntu 25.10 and found out it was especially a good choice for people wanting low-power consumption and minimal fan noise. It’s now sold […]

June 21, 2026June 21, 2026 by Jean-Luc Aufranc (CNXSoft) - 1 Comment

SpacemiT K3 Pico-ITX RISC-V Chassis Kit Review – Part 2: What works, what doesn’t in Bianbu OS 4.0

SpacemiT K3 Pico-ITX Chassis Kit BianbuOS 4.0 review

Last month, I received the SpacemiT K3 Pico-ITX Chassis Kit based on the company’s K3 16-core RISC-V SoC, and started the review with an unboxing, a teardown, and a first boot to Bianbu OS 4.0. Since the system features a 10Gbps Ethernet SFP+ cage, I also had to order a 10GbE SFP+ to Copper adapter, as my 10GbE networking gear is exclusively based on RJ45 ports. In this review, I’ll check system information in Bianbu OS 4.0.1, run a few benchmarks, test 10GbE, GbE, and WiFi 6 networking performance, play YouTube videos at various resolutions, run AI workloads (LLM), check all/most features work as expected, and measure the power consumption of the SpacemiT K3 “Pico-ITX Chassis Kit” mini PC. It’s a fairly long review, so if you are short on time, you can check out the “what works, what doesn’t” section. Bianbu OS 4.0 System Information Before running anything, I […]

June 19, 2026June 19, 2026 by Jean-Luc Aufranc (CNXSoft) - 10 Comments

Qualcomm promises a major reset with upstream-first, Qualcomm Linux 2.0 for Dragonwing IoT platforms

Qualcomm Linux 2.0 upstream kernel Dragonwing platforms

Linux on Qualcomm SoCs has been a roller coaster, with hope often followed by disappointment, at least for the Snapdragon family. The company aims to change that with Qualcomm Linux 2.0 for Dragonwing IoT platforms, as announced on LinkedIn: With Qualcomm Linux 2.0, we’re shifting to an upstream-first, open development model that is unified and scalable across all Qualcomm Dragonwing IoT platforms. This means an upstream‑first model with a BSP that tracks mainline to minimize friction and enables you to make more predictable builds. Tune in to see our first-ever live demo, along with a lifecycle and release strategy, core architecture and Yocto changes, and practical migration paths from previous versions The video is embedded below, but will only be live on June 30. In the meantime, the description provides a few more details: If you’ve dealt with fragmented BSPs, platform-specific kernel forks, or painful bring‑up across Qualcomm SoCs, this […]

June 18, 2026 by Jean-Luc Aufranc (CNXSoft) - 4 Comments

UP WCL – A credit card-sized Wildcat Lake SBC with up to 24GB LPDDR5, 256GB UFS

AAEON’s UP WCL is an upcoming credit card-sized single board computer (SBC) powered by an Intel Wildcat Lake processor up to the Core 7 350 hexa-core CPU paired with up to 24GB LPDDR5 and 256GB UFS storage. The board also features an HDMI 2.1 video output, a 2.5GbE RJ45 jack, an M.2 Key-E socket for optional WiFi and Bluetooth connectivity, three USB 3.2 ports, and a few wafers for I/O expansion. AAEON UP WCL specifications: Wildcat Lake SoC (one or the other) Intel Core 3 304 5-core CPU – 1x P-cores @ 1.5/4.3 GHz (Turbo) + 4x LPE-cores @ 1.4/3.3 GHz (Turbo) GPU – 1-core Intel Xe3 Graphics @ 2.3 GHz (9 TOPS) NPU – 15 TOPS Intel Core 5 320 6-core CPU – 2x P-cores @ 1.5/4.6 GHz (Turbo) + 4x LPE-cores @ 1.4/3.4 GHz (Turbo) GPU – 2-core Intel Xe3 Graphics @ 2.5 GHz (20 TOPS) NPU – […]

June 18, 2026 by Jean-Luc Aufranc (CNXSoft) - No Comments

Broadcom unveils fully-integrated quad-core Wi-Fi 8 access point SoCs, 5G FWA router reference platform

Broadcom Wave 5 BCM6772 BCM6774 BCM6776 WiFi 8 SoC family

Broadcom has launched three new Wi-Fi 8 access point SoCs: the BCM6772 for mass-market Ethernet routers, extenders, and repeaters, the BCM6774 for high-volume Ethernet routers and extenders, and the BCM6776 for premium Ethernet tri-band routers and extenders. The latter is also part of a 5G FWA router platform based on Samsung B1320 5G Modem. Broadcom’s first Wi-Fi 8 chips were introduced in May 2025 for clients and access points, and the company followed up with BCM6714 and BCM6719 dual-band radios earlier this year, and the BCM67142, BCM67192, and BCM68565 chips for low-cost Wi-Fi 8 10 Gbps fiber access points last month. So far, all the Broadcom Wi-Fi 8 chips enable multi-chip solutions with an application processor connected to one or more Wi-Fi 8 chipsets over a PCIe connection. The new BCM677x chips are fully-integrated SoCs with (Armv8>) application cores and 802.11bn connectivity in a single chip, except for 6 GHz […]

June 17, 2026June 28, 2026 by Jean-Luc Aufranc (CNXSoft) - 13 Comments

Zhihe A210 octa-core RISC-V SoC with 12 TOPS NPU powers SoM-based development board

Last year, we noted three upcoming high-performance RISC-V SoCs to watch out for: Zhihe A210, SpacemiT K3, and UltraRISC UR-DP1000. The K3 has already been launched, and I’ll work on the K3-Pico-ITX SBC/mini PC review this coming weekend, while the UR-DP1000 is (still?) expected on the Milk-V Titan motherboard. However, we did not have that many details about the Zhihe A210 so far. This has now changed since documentation has surfaced for the Zhihe A210 and a development kit (A210 SODIMM V2) based on a carrier board and a system-on-module itself powered by the octa-core RISC-V processor. Let’s have a look at both. Zhihe A210 octa-core RISC-V SoC Zhihe A210 specifications: CPU – Octa-core RISC-V RV64GCV processor 4x 64-bit RISC-V C920 cores @ up to 2.3 GHz with 64 KB I Cache and 64 KB D Cache for each core, 1 MB L2 cache; note: 1.9 GHz is also shown […]

June 17, 2026 by Debashis Das - 9 Comments

Amlogic A311Y3 octa-core Edge AI SoC features Cortex-A78/A55 cores, 8 TOPS NPU, LPDDR5 support

Amlogic has introduced the A311Y3 Edge AI SoC, which seems to be an upgrade over earlier designs such as the A311D and A311D2 used in boards like the Khadas VIM3 and Khadas VIM4. Although not listed on the official Amlogic website, documentation from vendors such as Shenzhen Tomato Technology indicates that the A311Y3 SoC is built around a 6nm process node and features a newer CPU architecture based on Arm Cortex-A78/A55 cores. The SoC integrates an NPU with up to 8 TOPS of compute performance and supports LPDDR5/LPDDR5X memory, which can be used in both processing and Edge AI, compared to earlier A311-series chips. Amlogic A311Y3 specifications CPU 2x Arm Cortex-A78 cores (64KB L1 I-cache, 64KB L1 D-cache, 256KB L2 cache) 6x Arm Cortex-A55 cores (32KB L1 I-cache, 32KB L1 D-cache, 128KB L2 cache) with a shared 2MB L3 cache Neon and Crypto extensions included Co-processors – RISC-V core for system control processing; Built-in […]

June 16, 2026 by Jean-Luc Aufranc (CNXSoft) - 6 Comments

$4,000 AMD Ryzen AI Halo Developer Platform features 126 TOPS Ryzen AI Max+ 395 processor

AMD Ryzen AI Halo Developer Platform Ryzen AI Max+ 395

Last month, AMD introduced the Ryzen AI Halo Developer Platform based on the Ryzen AI Max+ 395 processor, delivering up to 126 TOPS, and pre-orders are now available for $3,999.99 at MicroCenter (US only, in-store pickup). The computer ships with 128GB LPDDR5x memory and a 2TB NVMe SSD. It offers 10GbE and WiFi 7 networking, HDMI 2.1 and USB-C DisplayPort video output, and a few extra USB-C ports Ryzen AI Halo developer kit specifications: SoC – AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395 CPU – 16 cores, 32 threads, “Zen 5” Architecture clocked up to 5.1 GHz GPU – AMD Radeon 8060S Integrated Graphics with 40 CUs, RDNA 3.5 architecture NPU – AMD XDNA™ 2 NPU TDP – 120W Process – TSMC 4nm FinFET Memory – 128GB LPDDR5x up to 8,000 MT/s speed, 256GB/s bandwidth Storage – 2TB M.2 SSD Video Output HDMI 2.1b DisplayPort via USB-C port Networking 10GbE RJ45 port […]