NanoPi R76S: Raspberry Pi alternative offers up to 16GB RAM, quick Ethernet and NPU

[Redaktion]

FriendlyElec's latest single-board computer is a potential alternative to the Raspberry Pi and comes with two quick Ethernet ports. The NanoPi R76S features an SoC with eight cores and supports Docker containers. Local use of AI is possible thanks to an included NPU.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/NanoPi-R76S-Raspberry-Pi-alternative-offers-up-to-16GB-RAM-quick-Ethernet-and-NPU.1055109.0.html

[Gabrielle]

6 TOPS NPU will get me...what, image detection maybe? i dont think it will do LLM no matter how small the model is (like even gemma3n)
still, looks like a nice little sbc
is friendlyelec any reliable brand? i might want to snatch one if budget permits

[Enrico Frahn]

6 TOPS NPU will get me...what, image detection maybe? i dont think it will do LLM no matter how small the model is (like even gemma3n)
still, looks like a nice little sbc
is friendlyelec any reliable brand? i might want to snatch one if budget permits

Hi Gabrielle,
FriendlyElec has been around for a long time, so it should be safe to buy this.