ASUS Booth Tour at CES 2016: 10G Switches, External GPU Dock, USB-C Monitor and more
by Ian Cutress on January 19, 2016 9:00 AM ESTSticks Galore
For mini PCs, ASUS had the Chromebit and VivoStick models on display, shown in a couple of colors. The Chromebit is unsurprisingly Chrome OS, and the VivoStick using Windows 10, competing against hardware such as the Intel Compute Stick (read our recent review of the Cherry Trail version here).
The Chromebit is powered by a Rockchip quad-core RK3288C and has 16 GB of eMMC and 2 GB of memory. The Vivostick is based on Intel’s Cherry Trail Atom processor, and also has 2 GB of memory, but 32 GB of eMMC storage. There are 2 USB 2.0 ports available on the VivoStick.
The VivoMini VC65 line of mini-PCs, focused on a mix of vertical business markets, was shown. These feature desktop class processors and support for up to four storage devices, meaning they could be turned into a very compact NAS. The VC65R model supports RAID as well. These were announced quite a while ago, but it was good to see them in what looks like a slightly bigger form factor than Intel’s new 5x5 ‘STX’ platform.
Next to the mini-PCs was this mini-projector unit, called ZenBeam. The 150 lumen output and 854x480 projection doesn’t sound like much, but the 6000 mAh battery in the unit is designed to last at least the length of a couple of impromptu presentations when it isn’t on charge.
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pixelstuff - Wednesday, January 20, 2016 - link
Or for $530 at Netgear GS728TX-100NES which gives 4 10GB ports and 24 1GB ports.http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00OZCFVVC
thewishy - Thursday, January 21, 2016 - link
The D-Link DGS-1510-28X is even cheaper. This goes with an SFP+ approach rather than copper 10GBaseT - but given the power consumption and latency for 10GBaseT, that's no bad thing.Fibre is cheap, SR SFP+ is cheap. Direct Attach Copper is cheap. As long as you're not trying to reuse existing structured cabling, it's the logical route right now.
nils_ - Sunday, January 24, 2016 - link
SFP+ DA is cheap? I think the last time I had to pay around 60 EUR for a 3m cable...pixelstuff - Wednesday, January 20, 2016 - link
What I am really hoping to see in the near future are 10G ports on all the Mini-ITX boards. I have been trying to make all my new computers builds with Mini-ITX if at all possible (to get a tiny case) and I don't want to give up the graphics card slot for higher networking speeds.nils_ - Tuesday, January 26, 2016 - link
PCIe lanes may still pose a problem there, although with DMI 3.0 there are now more options.azrael- - Thursday, January 21, 2016 - link
No C236 motherboard? ASUS, I am disappoint!06GTOSC - Thursday, January 21, 2016 - link
I don't understand why they don't come out with a standard port that wires to into the PCI-e lanes specifically for external graphics. This way we get standardized enclosures and connections and it will support any GPU. External graphics have been an idea for over a decade. Yet they have not done this.Murloc - Thursday, January 21, 2016 - link
because not enough people need it enough to pay for it.Laptop gamers are a minority, those who aren't happy with laptop performance and know the difference between one video card and another and care enough about performance yet they don't buy a normal tower computer because they don't care about the ergonomics or have to move around THAT often are an even smaller minority.
newcracksoftware - Monday, February 1, 2016 - link
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