Sometimes when I venture off into the land of ease and x86, away from SBCs with like 5-15W TDPs, I realize how much faster computing can be.
Then I look at power draw and efficiency and realize, yes, there's always tradeoffs!
But it is nice just... having things work.
@geerlingguy It would be nice if Ampere made an affordable 8- or 16-core part for desktops that was readily available from multiple OEMs with decently priced desktop systems with sensible mainstream discrete GPUs and active cooling.
Then you could have the best of both worlds. Somehow I think a system like that would still beat x86 at efficiency and yet perform worlds beyond your SBCs.
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