Emmc too small and too expensive?

#1

hi there my orange pi 5 pro lets me attach a 256gb emmc chip that i can buy separately for $35. it attaches quickly and conveniently with no soldering. why was this approach not taken with the radxa x4? 256gb is quite enough for running almost anything you need… even install a ton of software and media libraries!

please consider a similar approach for the next x4 models!

i love the raspberry pi form factor, it fits easily into previously existing applications. so no need to redesign, just retrofit!

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#2

It seems to have been a Radxa decision to use the eMMC for system installation & recovery (more useful for industry), not for running an operating system

#3

i get that but they had to know that the ease of x64 and rpi form factor was ripe for makers and as such, would probably be used for an os disk. can you think of any reason it shouldnt be? i would put the swap file on the much faster nvme.

by the way, im using tiny computers to run win11 and music software for ‘eurorack’ modular synthesizers. im so interested in another rpi form factor successor with more cores! more cores = great software performance! 16gb is quite enough but im always interested in more ram as well! the rest of the x4 is quite welcome too. 2.5gb ethernet is an amazing feature in a use case like mine! audio and digital communication can easily be shared over ethernet. onboard nvme is great too!

#4

Another reason is that the physical space on the board is very limited. You can see that the emmc periphery is already full of parts.

#5

im confident they could have made it a reality if they had wanted.

isnt the maker / individual hobbyist / gaming user market larger than industry? cant they make separate stuff for industry?

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