New Alix board for 2013

valnar

Realtek may kill the deal for me.

phil.davis

Anyone have more insight into the release timeframe for the new ALIX HW?

In March 2013 I had some feedback from Netgate - they thought the end of Q2 or during Q3 (but no promises of course). I guess those "Q" references are to calendar year 2013, thus sometime from late June 2013 to September 2013. I haven't asked for an update - probably no point doing that until late June.

ayah

Would it really kill them to use an intel nic like an i350-am4? (quad port)

stephenw10

It would probably double the price, maybe more! ;)

Steve

ayah

@stephenw10:

It would probably double the price, maybe more! ;)

Steve

They could always go low end and run i210's.

phil.davis

Q2 2013 is finished, so I asked for an update:

Board is still in debug, and the cooling solution also needs more work. Please be patient.
Best regards,
Pascal Dornier

So there is no timeframe for production yet. But good to know Pascal of PC Engines doesn't release dodgy hardware. When it is ready it should work reliably.

torontob

Has manufacturing started yet?
I just ordered 10 units of 2d13 and wish I knew this was coming….

mircsicz

THX for keeping us up2date phil…

Greetz
Mircsicz

I wouldn't make any plans on this prior to CY2014.

Pascal could surprise us all, but the reality is that it's July, and the board is still in bring-up.

xbipin

here is the new alix

http://www.pcengines.ch/apu.htm

stephenw10

Looks interesting.
USB connected SD for boot media is a little disappointing but perhaps not a problem. I await some throughput figures. :)

Steve

xbipin

main thing is msata disk connector, once u use that sd card is not important

darkmage

So excited to get one, can I ask how to get a customer sample? :)

xbipin

email Pascal Dornier directly, hes the person who created this beast

darkmage

Thanks, where can I get Pascal Dornier's mail address? :o

stephenw10

I really don't think that hundreds of emails asking for samples is going to help get this out any quicker. ;)

Steve

darkmage

yes, this is just the dream solution board, so hungry to get one :P

xbipin

just contact them through the website, i think the email id is also listed there

Gradius

What a cute MB !

How many users it can serve?

tirsojrp

Does anyone know the price?