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This page describes compares build hardware options for arm hard float both currently available and possiblly available in the future.
In general red means poor, yellow means ok and green means good. White means insufficiant information available to assign a color. These judgements are somewhat subjective but I (plugwash) belive them to be reasonable. See the table at the bottom for details of the color codes.
Prices may be approximate and/or outdated and are given for guidance only.
Board vendor | SoC vendor | Product | Ram | Cores | Clock | Sata | Ethernet | Price | Status / Availability | Form factor | kernel suppport | Currently used by |
Freescale | 1GB | 1 | 1 GHz | 1x Native 1.5 Gbps | 1x Native 100 Mbps | $162.04 | 3x3 inch devboard | Hardware needed for autobuilder works with debian kernel, but some other onboard hardware doesn't. | Debian Raspbian | |||
Texas instruments | 1GB | 2 | 1 GHz | none | 1x USB based 100 Mbps | $169.21 | 4.0x4.5 inch devboard | Hardware needed for autobuilder works with debian kernel, but some other onboard hardware doesn't. | Ubuntu | |||
Texas instruments | 1GB | 2 | 1.2 GHz | none | 1x USB based 100 Mbps | $178.48 | 4.0x4.5 inch devboard | Hardware needed for autobuilder works with debian kernel, but some other onboard hardware doesn't. | ||||
Openblocks | Marvell | 1 GB | 2 | 1.33 GHz | 1x internal 1x external, native 3Gbps | 2x 1Gbps, native | $753 | No ordering link given, apparently only available in japan | small box, exact size not given | No support in debian kernel, vendor situation unclear | ||
Openblocks | Marvell | 1 GB onboard plus up to 2 GB sodimm | 2 | 1.33 GHz | 1x internal 1x external, native 3Gbps | 4x 1Gbps, native | $879 | No ordering link given, apparently only available in japan | small box, exact size not given | jessie linux kernel (3.16+) | ||
Boston | calexeda | 4GB per node | 4 per node | not stated | 4 speed not stated | 10 Gbps backplane system, 4 external SFP+ connections supporting 1 Gbps and 10 Gbps speeds | $10000 for minimal setup with four nodes | appears to be available but no info given on lead times | 2U rackmount with space for 12 cards each with four nodes and 24 hard drives | no support in debian kernel, vendor situation unknown | ||
Wandboard | Freescale | 2GB | 4 | ~1GHz | 1 native | 1GB, only supports up to 480MB | $130-180 | 6x6x1 inch w/case | jessie linux kernel (3.16+) | tests.reproducible-builds.org | ||
Odroid-XU4 | samsung | http://www.hardkernel.com/main/products/prdt_info.php?g_code=G143452239825 | 2GB | 8 | ~1.4-2GHz | USB3 or eMMC | 1GB | $80 | 83 x 58 x 20 mm | stretch w/ 4.9.x kernel + patchhttps://bugs.debian.org/843448 | tests.reproducible-builds.org | |
Odroid-U3 | samsung | http://www.hardkernel.com/main/products/prdt_info.php?g_code=G138745696275 | 2GB | 4 | ~1.7GHz | USB2 or eMMC | 100MB | was ~$80 | discontinued | 83 x 48 mm | 4.9 stretch/jessie-backports | tests.reproducible-builds.org |
?BananaPi | Allwinner | 1GB | 2 | ~1GHz | native sata | 1GB | $45 | amazon | 92 mm x 60 mm | 3.16 jessie+ | tests.reproducible-builds.org | |
?HummingBoard-i2ex | Freescale | https://www.solid-run.com/freescale-imx6-family/hummingboard/ | 1-2GB | 2 | ~1GHz | mSATA | 1GB, limited to 480Mbit | ?? | newer variants available | small sbc | 4.9 stretch/jessie-backports | tests.reproducible-builds.org |
RaspberryPI 2B | broadcom | https://www.raspberrypi.org/products/raspberry-pi-2-model-b/ | 1GB | 4 | 0.9GHz | USB2 | 100Mbit | $35 | small sbc | 4.9 stretch/jessie-backports | tests.reproducible-builds.org | |
?BeagleBoard-X15 | TI am5728 | 2GB | 2 | 1.5GHz | eSATA | 2x1GB | £207.49 | backorder | medium sbc | 4.9 stretch/jessie-backports | tests.reproducible-builds.org | |
Cubietruck | Allwinner A20 | 2GB | 2 | 1GHz | native sata | 1GB | $100 | old but available | medium sbc | 3.16 jessie+ | tests.reproducible-builds.org | |
Cubox-i4 | imx6 | https://www.solid-run.com/freescale-imx6-family/cubox-i/cubox-i-specifications/ | 2-4GB | 4 | ~1GHz | eSATA 3Gbps | 1GB, limited to 480Mbit | $120-180 | available | 2x2x2 inch cube | 3.16 jessie | tests.reproducible-builds.org |
Firefly-rk3288 | rockchip rk3288 | 2-4GB | 4 | 1.8Ghz | USB2 | 1Gb | $150 | available | medium sbc | 4.9 stretch/jessie-backports | tests.reproducible-builds.org | |
?OrangePi Plus2 | Allwinner H3 | 2GB | 4 | 1.2GHz | USB-sata built in | 1Gb, missing in linux 4.12.x | 81.01€ | available for now | small sbc | 4.9 stretch/jessie-backports, built-in ethernet not yet mailine in 4.11.x | tests.reproducible-builds.org | |
Jetson-TK1 | Nvidia Tegra-k1 | http://www.nvidia.com/object/jetson-tk1-embedded-dev-kit.html | 2Gb | 4 | ?? | sata | 1Gb, bugs may require forcing to 100Mbit | $200 | available | medium sbc | 4.9 stretch/jessie-backports | tests.reproducible-builds.org |
column | red | yellow | green |
ram | 1 GB (anything less than 1GB is IMO not worthy of being used as an autobuilder at all) | 2-3 GB | 4 GB or more. |
cores | 1 | 2 | 4 or more. |
clockspeed | less than 1 GHz | exactly 1 GHz | more than 1 GHz |
Sata | no port at all or a USB based port | 1.5 Gbps native port | 3Gbps or higher native port |
ethernet | no port or a USB based port | Native port other than 1000BASE-T | Native 1000BASE-T |
price | over $1000 per node | $500-$1000 per node | under $500 per node |
availability | not yet released. | available but with issues or no lead time information | ready availability from stock |
form factor | looks like a massive pain to mount in a rack. | looks like it could be fitted in a rackmount case or to a rack shelf with a little effort | can be trivially racked (either comes in a rackmount case or comes as a stanard PC form factor board for which rackmount cases can be purchased) |
kernel support | no usable support in debian and a vendor kernel that does not seem to be getting updates. | either adequate (ethernet, SATA (either native if present or an external usb controller if not) and some means of getting a console work) but not full support in debian kernels or a vendor kernel that is reasonably up to date | full support in debian kernels |
ArmHardFloatBuildHardware (last modified 2020-10-24 19:56:39)