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Review on SmartFly Info Rock Pi 4B RK3399: Comprehensive Single Board Computer Kit with LPDDR4 4GB, Dualband 2, 4/5GHz WLAN/Bluetooth 5.0 by Mark Tompkins

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Powerful; Definitely a developer tip

The board is certainly powerful, but cooling can be an issue - the processor faces downwards and the included heatsink just won't cut under load, making it a little cumbersome for typical cases. Many Linux distributions were also not loaded correctly on the manufacturer's website when they were purchased. This is definitely a development board that needs some extra "tweaking" to be popular.

Pros
  • AI Features - ROCK Pi supports the mainstream GPU-accelerated AI stack. In addition, a special NPU hardware accelerator will appear for the ROCK Pi, which will improve the complex machine learning algorithm and reduce power consumption.
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