If you’ve been eyeing up one of PINE64‘s Linux-friendly single-board computers, phones or tablets, now would be a good time to buy one. The open-hardware company has announced it will not be “producing more Linux devices” for the time being, and expects its existing stock of certain devices, including the PineNote and PineTab 2, to sell out in the next three months. After that, there won’t be more until. Why’s the company pulling the plug on production? One guess: RAMaggeddon. The AI infrastructure boom continues apace, and demand for memory and storage chips has reduced supply and driven up costs […]

You're reading Pine64 stops making Linux devices as AI inflates component costs, a blog post from OMG! Ubuntu. Do not reproduce elsewhere without permission.

If you’ve been eyeing up one of PINE64‘s Linux-friendly single-board computers, phones or tablets, now would be a good time to buy one. The open-hardware company has announced it will not be “producing more Linux devices” for the time being, and expects its existing stock of certain devices, including the PineNote and PineTab 2, to sell out in the next three months. After that, there won’t be more until. Why’s the company pulling the plug on production? One guess: RAMaggeddon. The AI infrastructure boom continues apace, and demand for memory and storage chips has reduced supply and driven up costs […]

You're reading Pine64 stops making Linux devices as AI inflates component costs, a blog post from OMG! Ubuntu. Do not reproduce elsewhere without permission.

Open-hardware manufacturer Pine64 has launched a $50 smart speaker that runs open-source software on a RISC-V chip. PineVoice (previously known as PineVox) is built around a Bouffalo Lab BL606P RISC-V SoC with integrated Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 5.0 and Zigbee radio interfaces. It’s equipped with dual microphone array and speaker with support for ‘local wake word detection’, and top-mounted buttons allow you to mute (with LED indicator), start/stop and adjust volume. The factory-shipped firmware is built on Alibaba’s open-source YoC platform and runs the Wyoming Satellite protocol, which turns the device into a local microphone and speaker for a self-hosted, Linux-based Home […]

You're reading Pine64 launch $50 smart speaker for Home Assistant tinkerers, a blog post from OMG! Ubuntu. Do not reproduce elsewhere without permission.

Open-hardware manufacturer Pine64 has launched a $50 smart speaker that runs open-source software on a RISC-V chip. PineVoice (previously known as PineVox) is built around a Bouffalo Lab BL606P RISC-V SoC with integrated Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 5.0 and Zigbee radio interfaces. It’s equipped with dual microphone array and speaker with support for ‘local wake word detection’, and top-mounted buttons allow you to mute (with LED indicator), start/stop and adjust volume. The factory-shipped firmware is built on Alibaba’s open-source YoC platform and runs the Wyoming Satellite protocol, which turns the device into a local microphone and speaker for a self-hosted, Linux-based Home […]

You're reading Pine64 launch $50 smart speaker for Home Assistant tinkerers, a blog post from OMG! Ubuntu. Do not reproduce elsewhere without permission.