The x86 compatibility is what is amazing here. I almost used the processor that the Edison uses on this year's Defcon badges for that very reason...
Has anyone tried the Edison? Is it good? It seems to me that it's a Raspberry Pi with better specs, wifi, etc, plus Arduino compatibility, which sounds amazing, but I haven't figured out how it connects to stuff. How do I power the little die? Do I need breakout boards for everything?
How did I completely miss the Edison? I love the idea of a dual-core x86 for running something like linux with a moderately powered MCU as a RTP. Does anyone know what it means by "<1W of power consumption" which is the power I've seen? I assume it will peak at over 1W with all 3 cores running all out? I'd like to see separate idle/loaded values for that.
Maybe I could use the Edison as a foundation to build something I've been after for a while.<p>I'd like a 'thing' that would attach to the back of a pair of bookshelf speakers and allow me to stream music through the speakers via Bluetooth. The 'thing' would also need to act as an amp. I had seen 'The Vamp' but this doesn't offer stereo.
FWIW, there's a patch out for the OpenSSH / systemd / screen issue mentioned in the blog post; KillMode=process was missed out in the service file.
I think the author is wrong about the CPU supporting HT. Merrifield is based on the Silvermont micro-architecture, which does away with HT and replaces it with OOE.