A single board computer "Tinker Board" twice as fast as Raspberry Pi comes out from Asus

A single board computer that can be obtained from just a few hundred yen to several thousand yen is "Raspberry Pi"Series is popular, Asus to 4K single board computer"Tinker Board"Has appeared.

ASUS - 90MB0QY1 - M0EAY0 - Tinker Board | CPC UK
http://cpc.farnell.com/asus/90mb0qy1-m0eay0/tinker-board-2gb-1-8ghz-4k-gb/dp/SC14363

Asus Tinker Board is a Raspberry Pi-like mini PC with a RK 3288 processor - Liliputing
https://liliputing.com/2017/01/asus-tinker-board-raspberry-pi-like-mini-pc-rk3288-processor.html

Asus Tinker Board
http://www.slideshare.net/NiyaziSARAL/asus-tinker-board

ASUS Launches Raspberry Pi-Esque 'Tinker Board' With 4K Support | Lifehacker Australia
http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2017/01/asus-launches-tinker-board-its-raspberry-pi-competitor-with-4k-support/

Tinker Board released by Asus adopts 1.8 GHz quad core ARM Cortex - A 17 for CPU, onboard Gigabit LAN and Bluetooth 4.0, 802.11 b / g / n Wi - Fi. In addition, the memory is 2 GB, and MicroSD card slot for storage is installed.


It has a USB 2.0 port, a micro USB port, a 10/100/1000 Ethernet port, a 40-pin header including a GPIO pin, and it seems to be sufficiently expandable. The size is about 86 mm × 53 mm, which is the same size as Raspberry Pi 3 Model B.

The following image is a comparison of the specifications of Tinker Board and Raspberry Pi 3 Model B. Notable is the benchmark score,Geek Bench, You can see that the Tinker Board is knocking out the score which is about twice that of Raspberry Pi 3 Model B.


Another big difference between Tinker Board and Raspberry Pi 3 Model B is the price. Raspberry Pi 3 Model B is $ 35 (about 4000 yen), while Tinker Board is more than twice as much as $ 73 (about 8400 yen). Asus's Tinker Board is currently selling only in European countries including the United Kingdom. The opening movie of Tinker Board has already been released on YouTube.

ASUS Tinker Board unboxing - YouTube