AMD Piston mini-computer!

[Blue_Max]

Anyone else get the AMD newsletter where they announced the Piston? Smaller than ITX and awfully tempting!

http://www.xi3.com/piston

 

[T_Yamamoto]

Isn't it supposed to be a steambox?

 

[DesiPower]

steambox is supposed to run steamOS. This probably will run Android or Windows or some like that

 

[pw257008]

FAQ says it was supposed to be released last Black Friday, at $1000

 

[Blue_Max]

The price is high, but the size and looks are so dang sexy...

I'd never buy one. But isn't it cool?

 

[DesiPower]

$1000?? wow.. that crazy, for that kind of money you can built a something that will tow it to mars and back...

 

[Throckmorton]

$1000?? wow.. that crazy, for that kind of money you can built a something that will tow it to mars and back...

But it won't be small

 

[ElFenix]

not enough USBs

 

[dave_the_nerd]

not enough USBs

I think... *squints*

I think four of those are eSATA...?

 

[krnmastersgt]

Man those specs with that price tag is pretty crazy, that being said the all-in-one and compactness of it are pretty spiffy. Guessing a good chunk of that money went into the development and construction costs for the casing, heatsink, and motherboard all being unique and seemingly annoying to produce as it differs from the standard manufacturing processes out (that I know of).

Still pretty damned cool.

 

[mfenn]

I think... *squints*

I think four of those are eSATA...?

Yeah, it looks like the bottom right quad is all eSATA.

 

[DaveSimmons]

Yeah, it looks like the bottom right quad is all eSATA.

Too many eSATA then

4 x USB 2 + 4 x USB 3 + 4 x eSATA does seem like massive overkill for an APU box. Who is going to attach 4 separate external drive enclosures?

Shades of the original PS3 shown with 12 HDMI ports *



* actual number may be less.

 

[Techhog]

Are we just going to ignore that totally original and unique controller?

 

[dave_the_nerd]

Are we just going to ignore that totally original and unique controller?

I'm no gamer, but it looks a lot like an XBox controller.

 

[Techhog]

I'm no gamer, but it looks a lot like an XBox controller.

You don't say?

 

[mfenn]

Too many eSATA then

4 x USB 2 + 4 x USB 3 + 4 x eSATA does seem like massive overkill for an APU box. Who is going to attach 4 separate external drive enclosures?

Shades of the original PS3 shown with 12 HDMI ports *



* actual number may be less.

Obviously you're going to use all those to make a NAS.*

* May be bigger than a normal NAS :awe:

 

[Topweasel]

Yeah, it looks like the bottom right quad is all eSATA.

I don't think they are eSATA I think they are combo ports. Meaning they support USB and eSATA.

Edit: I am right.

Tech Specs:

• Quad-core AMD Trinity Series processor up to 3.2GHz
• Radeon HD 7660G GPU with 384 programmable cores
• 8GB of DDR3 RAM
• 64GB–1TB mSATA SSD
• 2 – Mini–DisplayPorts
• 1 – HDMI/DisplayPort combo
• 4 – eSATAp–III ports (Also supports USB 2.0)
• 4 – USB 3.0 ports (Also supports USB 2.0)
• 4 – USB 2.0 ports (12 Ports total including above)
• 1 – 1Gb Ethernet Port
• Power: 30 Watts
• External size: 4.270x3.656x3.656–inches
• 3–year Warranty

http://www.xi3.com/desktops/x7a-modular-computer