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Raspberrypi has released its new CM3, or Compute Module 3, and ArsTechnica has the details.
The Raspberry Pi Compute Module is getting a big upgrade, with the same processor used in the recently released Raspberry Pi 3.
The Compute Module, which is intended for industrial applications, was first released in April 2014 with the same CPU as the first-generation Raspberry Pi. The upgrade announced today has 1GB of RAM and a Broadcom BCM2837 processor that can run at up to 1.2GHz. "This means it provides twice the RAM and roughly ten times the CPU performance of the original Compute Module," the Raspberry Pi Foundation announcement said.
This is the second major version of the Compute Module, but it's being called the "Compute Module 3" to match the last flagship Pi's version number.
[...] The new Compute Module has more flexible storage options than the original. "One issue with the [Compute Module 1] was the fixed 4GB of eMMC flash storage," the announcement said. But some users wanted to add their own flash storage. "To solve this, two versions of the [Compute Module 3] are being released: one with 4GB eMMC on-board and a 'Lite' model which requires the user to add their own SD card socket or eMMC flash."
Has anyone used one of these Compute Modules, and if so what for?
Also at: raspberrypi.org
(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 17 2017, @08:57PM
Check https://www.olimex.com/ [olimex.com] EU based (always try to get the VAT removed when dealing with EU companies), decent support (them, sunxi, armbian...), long term commitment for some of the chips (they got a deal with Allwinner, if they buy a full batch, they will made them even if old model), lots of GPIO via multiple 2*40 headers, even industrial temp range in some models. Mainline kernel support is there or on the way ( http://linux-sunxi.org/Linux_mainlining_effort [linux-sunxi.org] ), only big issue left is... right, video drivers. But for anything without screen, they are pretty good.
SATA is going to be tricky, most chips designed for tablets/phones have one port at best. Same with ethernet. And those chips are what many of the ARM SBC use. Many of the Olinuxinos do have a SATA port. And real ethernet and USB, instead of "multiplexed" over a single real connection like RPi. Making a firewall would require a usb-ethernet adapter or using something like their SOM AM3352 EVB (slow 2*100Mbps, not same level of support than the Allwinner based SBCs).