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Desktop and All-in-One Arm Linux Computers Launched with Baikal-M Processor

posted by martyb on Tuesday August 10 2021, @02:41PM   
from the computers-ᴙ-us dept.

takyon writes:

Desktop and All-in-One Arm Linux computers launched with Baikal-M processor

The last time we wrote news about Baikal Electronics, the Russian company was offering MIPS-based processors, but they've now announced that several iRU-branded desktops and one all-in-one computer had been introduced with Baikal-M octa-core Cortex-A57 processor with Mali-T628 GPU, and support for up to 32GB DDR4 RAM, up to 3TB HDD.

The computers target the Russian market, especially business to business (B2B) and business to government (B2G) customers, with the use of Astra Linux distribution that contains Russian "data protection tools" such as ViPNet SafeBoot, PAK Sobol, and others.

[...] The all-in-one version of the computer pretty much has the same features with up to 32GB RAM, 1TB SSD, 3TB HDD, and a 23.8-inch IPS display with Full HD (1920 x 1080) resolution.

Related:
Linux-Based, MIPS-Powered Russian All-in-One PC Launched
Programming Guide for Russia's "28nm" Elbrus-8CB CPU Published
Russia to Build RISC-V Processors for Laptops: 8-core, 2 GHz, 12nm, 2025

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• It's not what you were expecting It's not what you were expecting (Score: 2) by driverless on Tuesday August 10 2021, @03:01PM (3 children)

  by driverless (4770) on Tuesday August 10 2021, @03:01PM (#1165441)

  The original Baikal processors were custom MIPS-based devices, but these are using "Cortex-A57 processor with Mali-T628 GPU". Or, roughly, a Raspberry Pi. Or perhaps a slightly older-generation cellphone.

  (OK, since it's desktop-oriented it's got GigE and PCIe while a cellphone won't, but that's just because it's not really needed on a phone).

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• Re:It's not what you were expecting Re:It's not what you were expecting (Score: 2) by takyon on Tuesday August 10 2021, @03:22PM (2 children)

  by takyon (881) <takyonNO@SPAMsoylentnews.org> on Tuesday August 10 2021, @03:22PM (#1165456) Journal

  Based on the CNX comments and the specs, it should compare well to the Pi 4. Probably not in price unless you buy it stolen from a Russian government office.

  It can take 32 GB of RAM, an external GPU, and the Mali-T628 [notebookcheck.net] should be better than Pi 4's GPU in the first place.

  Looks like we found Mojibake's next system.

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  • Re:It's not what you were expecting Re:It's not what you were expecting (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 11 2021, @05:18PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 11 2021, @05:18PM (#1165798)

    External GPU?

    I'm guessing that just means it can use a PCIE GPU via a slot on the board rather than something silly like the eGPU setups some have done on laptops.

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    • Re:It's not what you were expecting (Score: 2) by takyon on Thursday August 12 2021, @12:07AM

      by takyon (881) <takyonNO@SPAMsoylentnews.org> on Thursday August 12 2021, @12:07AM (#1165896) Journal

      I should have said discrete GPU.

      https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=NVIDIA-RTX-On-ARM [phoronix.com]

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